When Richard Nixon employed his “southern strategy,” he referred to the break-in at the Watergate…

When Richard Nixon employed his “southern strategy,” he
referred to the break-in at the Watergate complex.
appealed to black southerners who had recently mobilized for civil rights.
ignored the southern states in favor of voters in the Midwest and Northeast.
appealed to disaffected white voters in the South.
used the FBI to help collect secrets and blackmail southern Democratic leaders.