THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION MID-TERM PROJECT

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Across
  1. 2. Type of legislature Texas has
  2. 5. The constitution reflects this principle where the people hold ultimate power.
  3. 6. Foundational document of Texas adopted in 1876.
  4. 11. The Texas constitution was designed to limit powers of this branch.
  5. 15. Lower chamber of the Texas Legislature.
  6. 17. Each legislative session in Texas lasts this many days.
  7. 18. The Texas constitution has been amended over this many times.
  8. 19. The Texas constitution was influenced by this agrarian movement.
  9. 20. Location of the 1875 constitutional convention.
Down
  1. 1. Power shared between state and national governments.
  2. 3. Principle of dividing government responsibilities among three branches.
  3. 4. upper chamber of the Texas Legislature.
  4. 7. Court that hears only civil appeals in Texas.
  5. 8. Method of formally changing the constitution.
  6. 9. The Texas Constitution has this many articles.
  7. 10. The year the current Texas Constitution was written.
  8. 12. Highest criminal court in Texas.
  9. 13. First article in the Texas Constitution is the ______ of Rights.
  10. 14. System that allows each branch to limit powers of the others.
  11. 16. The Constitution of 1876 was written in reaction to this era’s centralization.