Nixon's "Southern Strategy" Was Designed to

question 4

Multiple Choice

Nixon's "southern strategy" was designed to

• A) develop a Republican majority by soft-pedaling civil rights issues in the South.
• B) bring the South back into federal offices on an equal basis.
• C) win the votes of African Americans in the South for the Republican party.
• D) provide economic development for poorer regions of the South.
• E) send northern Republicans to the South to seek election there.

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