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1.When was the current Texas constitution written?
How many previous constitutions did Texas have and are the changes in the constitution considered efficient and effective for modern government.? |
1876.
5 previous constitutions. No their inefficient and ineffective cause there are so many of them. It’s really specific |
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1.How many amendments does it have?
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432 amendments
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1.What kind of government structure does it establish and what are some of the reasons for this?
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Two party house, bicameralism; its modeled off the American constitution. It established the 3 branches the executive, legislative, and judicial. They only had the US constitution to look at and they made it restrictive because of Civil War, Reconstruction, and Abraham Lincoln
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1.Who were the framers (writers) of the Texas Constitution and what affected their thinking/ideas?
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They were the white, democratic farmers they were the liberals. The fact that they hated government, authority, they didn’t like being told what to do. Civil War, Reconstruction, and EJ Davis
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