What was the "southern strategy"?
A. an attempt by Franklin Roosevelt to add the South to his New Deal Coalition
B. an effort by the Republican Party in the late nineteenth century to weaken the Democratic Party's influence in the North by associating Democrats with the secessionist South
C. the national government's attempt to ensure black citizens' right to vote by allowing federal agents to monitor southern elections
D. an effort by the Republican Party starting in the 1960s to woo the white South away from the Democratic Party
E. an attempt by Democrats in the 1970s to enhance their standing in the South by appealing to black voters
Answer: D
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Responding to complaints from the states and seeking to reduce federal government power in state matters, President Nixon began using this type of grant
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