Practice Texas Government Exam
Instructions
There are 4 sections of the course (Section 1 Principles, Section 2 Federalism, Section 3 Political Policy,
Section 4 Political Participation).
- Choose a quote (phrase or sentence) from the “Reading” that best connects to each section.
- As it applies to that section, your reasoning of how the quote from the reading is connected.
- Provide historical evidence from the course material (textbook and or video presentations) and
citation to support your connection.
- Do not use the same phrase or sentence from the reading, or evidence for more than one answer.
- Submit a separate document.
- Number each answer as numbered in this document.
- Write only the answer, not the question.
- Use complete sentences.
Format
Name:
Course and Section:
Date:
- Heading on the left hand side
- 1 inch margins all around
- double spaced
- font 12 pt.
“Reading”
Excerpt from the Texas Declaration of Independence
March 2nd 1836
When, in consequence of such acts of malfeasance and abdication on the part of the government,
anarchy prevails, and civil society is dissolved into its original elements. In such a crisis, the first law of
nature, the right of self-preservation, the inherent and inalienable rights of the people to appeal to first
principles, and take their political affairs into their own hands in extreme cases, enjoins it as a right
towards themselves, and a sacred obligation to their posterity, to abolish such government, and create
another in its stead, calculated to rescue them from impending dangers, and to secure their future welfare
and happiness.
Final Exam
Section 1 Principles
- Quotation from the Reading. 1pt
- As it applies to this section, your reasoning of how the quote from the reading is connected. 2pts
- Provide historical evidence from the course material (textbook and video presentations) and citation
to support your connection. 2pts/1pt without citation
Instructions
There are 4 sections of the course (Section 1 Principles, Section 2 Federalism, Section 3 Political Policy,
Section 4 Political Participation).
- Choose a quote (phrase or sentence) from the “Reading” that best connects to each section.
- As it applies to that section, your reasoning of how the quote from the reading is connected.
- Provide historical evidence from the course material (textbook and or video presentations) and
citation to support your connection.
- Do not use the same phrase or sentence from the reading, or evidence for more than one answer.
- Submit a separate document.
- Number each answer as numbered in this document.
- Write only the answer, not the question.
- Use complete sentences.
Format
Name:
Course and Section:
Date:
- Heading on the left hand side
- 1 inch margins all around
- double spaced
- font 12 pt.
“Reading”
Excerpt from the Texas Declaration of Independence
March 2nd 1836
When, in consequence of such acts of malfeasance and abdication on the part of the government,
anarchy prevails, and civil society is dissolved into its original elements. In such a crisis, the first law of
nature, the right of self-preservation, the inherent and inalienable rights of the people to appeal to first
principles, and take their political affairs into their own hands in extreme cases, enjoins it as a right
towards themselves, and a sacred obligation to their posterity, to abolish such government, and create
another in its stead, calculated to rescue them from impending dangers, and to secure their future welfare
and happiness.
Final Exam
Section 1 Principles
- Quotation from the Reading. 1pt
- As it applies to this section, your reasoning of how the quote from the reading is connected. 2pts
- Provide historical evidence from the course material (textbook and video presentations) and citation
to support your connection. 2pts/1pt without citation