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Solid South

Solid South proper noun: the electoral support of the Southern United States for Democratic Party candidates for nearly a century from 1877, the end of the Reconstruction, to 1964.

Proper noun

the Solid South

  1. (US, historical) The electoral support of the Southern United States for Democratic Party candidates for nearly a century from 1877, the end of the Reconstruction, to 1964.

Questions about Solid South

What does Solid South mean?
Solid South means the electoral support of the Southern United States for Democratic Party candidates for nearly a century from 1877, the end of the Reconstruction, to 1964.
What part of speech is Solid South?
Solid South is a proper noun.

Words near Solid South in the dictionary

  1. solid slugs
  2. solid sol
  3. solid sols
  4. solid solution
  5. solid solutions
  6. Solid South
  7. solid state
  8. solid syllabub
  9. solid syllabubs
  10. solid tori
  11. solid torus

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