Richard Nixon's southern strategy included the policy of
a. completely overhauling the welfare system.
b. ending the Vietnam War.
c. moving nearly all military bases to the southern states.
d. appointing only southerners to the Supreme Court.
e. soft-pedaling civil rights and opposing school busing to achieve racial balance.
e
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A. Canals established important transportation links between the Midwest and the North. B. Canals established important transportation links between the North and the South. C. Financed by the federal government, canal building required an increase in the federal taxes. D. So little thought was put into the routes for canals that they served little useful commercial purpose.
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A) McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents B) Smith v. Allwright C) Shelley v. Kraemer D) Plessy v. Ferguson
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A) right to vote in local and national elections. B) ability to organize movements to protest their treatment. C) free access to public buildings and facilities. D) right to testify in court against whites.