What is Southern strategy?
The '''Southern strategy''' was a political strategy used by the [[United States of America|United States]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] in the 1950s and 1960s. It was a plan to increase support for the Republican Party by appealing to racism in the southern states after the [[Jim Crow]] laws were stopped. It was used mostly by [[Barry Goldwater]] and [[Richard Nixon]], and made the Republican Party become more [[Conservative]]. [[Category:Republican Party (United States)]] [[Category:Racism]] {{US-stub}}