The ________ movement was a movement during the 1950s in which conservative Democrats in Texas supported Republican candidate Dwight Eisenhower for the presidency.

a) La Raza Unida
b) Constitutionalist
c) Dixiecrat
d) Shivercrat



Answer :

Answer:(d)Shivercrat

Explanation:

The Shivercrat movement was a political movement in the 1950s in which conservative Democrats in Texas, led by Governor Allan Shivers, supported Republican candidate Dwight Eisenhower for the presidency instead of the Democratic candidate, Adlai Stevenson. This movement was a significant example of cross-party voting and political realignment in the United States during the 1950s.

The other options are not correct:

- (a) La Raza Unida was a Chicano nationalist political party that emerged in the 1970s, not in the 1950s.

- (b) Constitutionalist is a general term that refers to a supporter of a constitution, but it is not a specific political movement.

- (c) Dixiecrat refers to a group of Southern Democrats who bolted from the Democratic Party in 1948 to form their own party, the States' Rights Democratic Party, in opposition to President Harry Truman's civil rights policies. While the Dixiecrats were also conservative Democrats, the Shivercrat movement was a distinct phenomenon that occurred in the 1950s.