When it came to domestic policy legislation, president nixon was often more reactive than proactive because he
a. believed that the president should generally defer to congress in policy-making
b. felt that his strongly liberal views were out of step with the views of most americans
c. was forced almost from the day he first took office to defend his actions in the watergate scandal
d. faced a congress with both houses strongly controlled by democrats

B.felt that his strongly liberal views were out of step with the views of most Americans

Explanation:

Richard Milhous Nixon was the thirty-seventh president of the United States between 1969 and 1974, the year in which he became the only president to resign. Previously, Nixon had been the 36th vice president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 and previously as a member of the United States House of Representatives (for the 12th district of California) and the United States Senate (for California).

As an internal policy In 1973, President Nixon put an end to compulsory military service and, thus, the United States military service became a totally voluntary force, founded the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970 in response to the growing concern about to pollution and protection of the environment. The agency oversaw the discussion of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, opening the doors to a new era of judicial restraint by appointing four Supreme Court justices: president of the Supreme Court Burger, Supreme Court President Harry Blackmun, Supreme Court President Lewis Powell and William Rehnquist, who was subsequently appointed as President of the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan, opened the doors to women in college sports by signing the Title IX in 1972, a civil rights law that avoids gender biases in faculties and universities receiving federal aid, became the first president to grant Native Americans the right to tribal self-determination by ending the policy of forced assimilation and returning their sacred lands.

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- "the civil rights movements"

- "following the american civil war and abolition of slavery, the united states entered a period known as reconstruction, during which black americans continued to suffer from disenfranchisement, racial segregation, and economic oppression. beginning in the early 1950's, black americans launched a series of major campaigns of civil resistance, emphasizing the need for nonviolent protests and civil disobedience."

"such as the montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56, a campaign launched by rosa parks against the policy of racial segregation of the public transit system in alabama. “sit-ins” became popular across the american south, particularly in greensboro, north carolina, increase national sentiment."

- "the counterculture movement"

- "counterculture began to develop in the united states following the rise of conformity in american culture during the 1950s. by 1963, youth, particularly those of the white middle class, began rejecting the cultural standards and normality of their parents, opting for progressive attitudes instead. the movement gained momentum as the civil rights movement became increasingly successful and as the u.s. military intervention of vietnam began to take a negative turn."

"hippie counterculture moved further into popular culture following the summer of love in 1967 when thousands of people came together in the haight-ashbury neighborhood of san francisco. along with greenwich village in new york city, haight-ashbury became a hub for the counterculture movement."