Question

Which most accurately describes the effect of President Nixon’s policies on the civil rights movement?
Nixon cut funding for civil rights agencies, and proclaimed the Philadelphia Plan “un-American.”
Nixon increased funding for civil rights agencies, and established the Philadelphia Plan.
Nixon cut funding for civil rights agencies, and established the Philadelphia Plan.
Nixon increased funding for civil rights agencies, but nullified the Philadelphia Plan.

Answer 1

Nixon cut funding for civil rights agencies, and established the Philadelphia Plan.

Explanation: Nixon scaled back funding and federal enforcement for many civil‑rights and antipoverty programs (part of his "New Federalism" and law‑and‑order posture) but his administration also created the Philadelphia Plan (1969), the first large federal affirmative‑action program requiring contractors on city projects to hire minority workers.