If the governor cannot finish his or her term, the officials who are in the line of succession include the
A) lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general.
B) lieutenant governor, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, attorney general.
C) lieutenant governor, president pro tempore of the Senate, agriculture commissioner.
D) lieutenant governor, president pro tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House, attorney general, chief justices of the fourteen courts of appeals.
D
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Nonviolent approaches to social change were successfully spread in the United States during the 1960s by civil rights leader __________.
A. Karl Marx B. Martin Luther King, Jr. C. Malcolm X D. Stokely Carmichael
Which of the following events mobilized states behind reforming the Articles of Confederation?
a. the 1786 Annapolis Convention b. the Boston Tea Party c. Patrick Henry’s famous “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech d. Shays’s Rebellion
What did John Tower advocate?
a. He favored a proactive role for the United States in foreign affairs. b. He insisted on a small defense industry. c. He encouraged extensive government power. d. He abolished the practice of abortion.
The process of returning powers to state and local governments is called
A) nullification. B) devolution. C) reapportionment. D) dual sovereignty. E) cooperative federalism.