Nixon's Southern Strategy Involved Winning Southern Support by

question 2

Multiple Choice

Nixon's southern strategy involved winning southern support by

• A) capitalizing on southerners' skepticism of federal social welfare programs.
• B) stepping up the military effort in Vietnam.
• C) expressing sympathy toward fundamentalist Christians.
• D) making southerners dominant in his cabinet.
• E) increasing federal support of the South's economy.

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Definitions:

Incentive Theory

A motivational theory suggesting that behavior is driven by a desire for external rewards and incentives.

Drive Theory

A theory that suggests motivation is based on the desire to reduce internal tension caused by unmet biological needs.

Homeostatic

Relating to or denoting the self-regulating process by which biological systems tend to maintain stability while adjusting to conditions that are optimal for survival.

Sensitivity

The quality or condition of being sensitive; the ability to perceive or feel emotions or physical stimuli.