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🦂Texas Government
Key Terms

347 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Texas Government exam

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1950s Progressives

A

Alternatives to incarceration
Ann Richards
Appellate justices
Appointing agency heads
Appointing committee members
Appointment Powers
Arraignment
Article 4 of the Texas Constitution
Article I, Section 1
Article I, Section 3
Article II of the Texas Constitution
Article V of the Texas Constitution
Automatic removal for criminal convictions

B

Ballot access
Barbara Jordan
Basic allotment
Battle of San Jacinto
Biennial budget
Biennial Revenue Estimate
Bifurcated Appellate Courts
Bill drafting
Bill referral process
Bill tracking
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)
Bob Bullock
Bodily autonomy
Bond election
Bond financing
Border disputes
Border security
Bostock v. Clayton County
Budgetary powers
Burden of proof
Business interest groups

C

Capital punishment
Centralization
Charitable choice and faith-based initiatives
Charter schools
Chicano Movement
Chief justice of the court of appeals
City Charter
City Council
City council election
City manager
Civil cases
Civil Rights Movement in Texas
Civil War Impact on Texas
Code of criminal procedure
Code of judicial conduct
Commercial speech
Commission form
Commissioner of Health
Commissioners Court
Communities of interest
Community policing
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
Conservatism
Constitution of 1836
Constitution of 1869
Constitution of 1876
Constitution of the Republic of Texas
Constitutional convention of 1974
Consumer Protection
Consumer Protection Division
Contract lobbyists
Controversies over religious funding
Council-manager
Council-manager system
County attorney
County auditor
County budget
County clerk
County commissioners
County courts