Final answer:
The Texas Bill of Rights is indeed more extensive than the federal Bill of Rights, offering broader protections for its citizens. Other included responses indicate that no Revolutionary Era state constitution allowed women's suffrage and that the necessary and proper clause expanded rather than limited federal government power.
Step-by-step explanation:
The statement that the Texas Bill of Rights is more extensive than the federal Bill of Rights is A. True. The Texas Bill of Rights, like those of many states, has provisions that are not included in the U.S. Bill of Rights, reflecting the concerns and experiences of the state's own history and values. Moreover, the Bill of Rights broadly refers to the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution that protect individual freedoms from governmental interference. However, state constitutions can and often do create broader protections for their citizens.
Addressing the exercises provided:
- During ratification debates, the Antifederalists were really Federalists. b. False
- No state constitution in the Revolutionary Era allowed women the right to vote. a. True
- Pennsylvania adopted one of the most conservative constitutions of the Revolutionary Era. b. False
- The necessary and proper clause has had the effect of limiting the power of the national government. b. False
Since the adoption of the U.S. Bill of Rights, only 17 more amendments have been added, some of which expanded individual rights and freedoms. The necessary and proper clause often led to an expansion of national government power, not a limitation.