Question

During his presidency, Richard Nixon’s “southern strategy” policy

focused on
(A) cutting funding to southern schools that were still segregated
(B) making it easier to meet desegregation requirements
(C) furthering the implementation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
(D) more strictly enforcing fair-housing laws
(E) gaining popular African-American support in the South

Answer 1

During his presidency, Richard Nixon’s “southern strategy” policy focused on "(B) making it easier to meet desegregation requirements," since the main goal of this strategy was to entice white voters in the south.