When Richard Nixon employed his "southern strategy," he

A) used the FBI to help collect secrets and blackmail southern Democratic leaders.
B) ignored the southern states in favor of voters in the Midwest and Northeast.
C) appealed to disaffected white voters in the South.
D) appealed to black southerners who had recently mobilized for civil rights.

Southern Strategy

A Republican Party electoral strategy to increase political support among white voters in the South by appealing to racism against African Americans.

Richard Nixon

The 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974, known for ending American involvement in Vietnam and for his resignation following the Watergate scandal.