Government Final Exam Essays Kaitlynn Larson Lone Star College Texas Legislature The Legislature in the Texas government is responsible for the bills‚ resolutions‚ and policies of the state. The members of the Senate and House of Representatives must represent their constituencies and their interests when working on legislation‚ while also considering partisan goals and ideas. The Texas Legislature is a complex and important part of the government that includes policy making and committees to
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War in America was the involvement of the state of Texas in the Confederacy. Although it was once its own Republic separate from the United States of America through annexation‚ Texas was not entirely unique when it came to the institution of slavery. Just like in all other southern states‚ slavery‚ and the use of slave labor‚ was a major factor of the states agricultural economy. During the years around and through the Civil War‚ Texas became a home for many transient southerners in search
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Texas Voting History The Lone Star State: Reliably Republican Leslie C. Lee Liberty University Abstract In 2012 President Obama spoke to a group of people at a fund raiser event in Texas and seemed optimistic that Texas would soon be a battleground for the Democratic Party (Parker‚ 2013). Unless Democrats possess an extraordinary strategic plan this could prove to be a challenging task to accomplish. Recent voting in Texas has faithfully been favorable toward the Republican ticket for over
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When Austin‚ TX began as a small settlement named Waterloo‚ no one could have predicted the amazing growth this city would experience. The first of many population booms occurred when this small town was named the capital of Texas and given its current name in 1839. Before long the population had soared to around 850 people. Since then‚ the city’s population has doubled approximately every 20 years as new industries develop and its reputation as a colorful‚ diverse community builds. The most recent
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Texas Lottery and Education Funding Destinee Caster Abstract Texans believe that participating in the Texas Lottery helps the Texas Education Foundation but little do they know; how much money actually goes to the Texas Education Foundation. The effect of the Texas Lottery is causing more of a negative impact on Texans than the Education Foundation is benefiting. The Texas Lottery negatively impacts the people that play the lottery and the programs that are supposed to benefit from the
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The reason I chose to do Bedford‚ Texas as my home town history project is because I have always known what town I was born in‚ but never really knew anything about it. A short history of Bedford‚ Texas The Old Bedford School is significant as one of the last surviving traces of the early Bedford community and a tangible link to an era from which few historic (pre-World War II) buildings survive. The building is one of the last remaining buildings of the rural‚ unincorporated community of Bedford
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The Texas legislative body is designed to represent the citizens of the state of Texas . Forty five percent of Texas is White‚ twelve percent is black‚ thirty eight percent is hispanic‚ and four percent is Asian. In contrast two thirds of the Texas House and seventy percent of the Senate is white‚ about a tenth is black in the House and Senate‚ only a fifth of the House and Senate are Hispanic. The body that is representing us isn’t exactly fair with the consensus of the general population. Minorities
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The Texas Revolution can be considered a land grab by The United States. Texas was first under the control of Mexican government. Steven F. Austin then goes and asks for approval to set a small colony in Texas. Texas had agreed to four main stipulations: must have moral and hardworking settlers‚ keep Spanish as primary language‚ primary religion is Catholicism‚ and no slavery. All is fine until more and more settlers come to Texas. The United States essentially wants Texas for slavery rights‚ sees
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Texas was the seventh state to seceded from the Union on February 1st‚ 1861. The vote was 166 to 7 and was passed on February 2nd‚ 1861. It allowed the State of Texas to join the confederate states in the south of the nation‚ on March 2nd. The signees were very carefully chosen and a lot of unique faces in it. Oran Milo Roberts was a very important signee and had a huge impact on Texas by being president of the secession convention‚ the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court‚ and Governor of Texas
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Texas‚ Home of The King Cowboy Pecos Bill‚ according to Peter Poulakis‚ was the patron saint of all things cowboy. As a baby‚ Bill was weaned on moonshine‚ and teethed on a bowie knife. His legend began when he was about year old‚ when Bill’s father decided to move the family out west. Bill’s father felt that his farmland had become too crowed for comfort when a family moved within fifty miles of his farm. During the move Bill’s family crossed the Pecos River in their wagon. While crossing the river
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