What Is the Only Statewide Elected Office Created by the Legislature

question 59

Multiple Choice

What is the only statewide elected office created by the legislature instead of the constitution?

• A)Comptroller of public accounts
• B)Railroad commissioner
• C)Attorney general
• D)Agriculture commissioner
• E)Lieutenant governor

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Definitions:

Civil Disobedience

is the act of refusing to comply with certain laws, demands, or commands of a government or occupying power, typically in a nonviolent form, as a form of political protest.

Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who led the campaign for India's independence from British rule through nonviolent resistance.

Centralized

Organized such that control, decision making, or authority is concentrated in a central location or governing body.

Political Organization

The way in which a society creates and applies laws and policies through structures, institutions, and processes.