In the election of 1968, Richard Nixon appealed to those he described as the ________ of working- and middle- class Americans who viewed protesters of the time with contempt.

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Richard Nixon coined the term "silent majority" to describe those working- and middle-class Americans who disliked and resented the protests and countercultural movements of the time, particularly the anti-Vietnam War protests. He appealed to them as a way of presenting himself as a candidate who would restore law and order and bring an end to the chaos and social upheaval of the era.

In the Election of 1968, Richard Nixon Appealed to Those