How Did President Kennedy React to the Challenges to Federal

question 51

Multiple Choice

How did President Kennedy react to the challenges to federal authority posed by southern governors Ross Barnett and George Wallace?

• A) He approved of their decisions to allow students to attend universities.
• B) He dispatched federal marshals to ensure that black students were admitted to universities.
• C) He refused to do anything, allowing them to deny admission to black students.
• D) He told them verbally he supported their actions, disappointing his black supporters.

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Definitions:

Instrumental Morality

A stage in moral development where the individual's moral choices are based on the consequences or benefits of their actions to themselves.

Kohlberg

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Egocentric Perspectives

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Middle Childhood

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