Why Did President Dwight Eisenhower Deploy Federal Troops to Little

question 65

Multiple Choice

Why did President Dwight Eisenhower deploy federal troops to Little Rock,Arkansas,in 1957?

• A) There were massive race riots as a result of a federal court order to bus white children into black neighborhoods for schooling.
• B) The governor of Arkansas mobilized the Arkansas National Guard to block the enforcement of a federal court order to integrate Little Rock Central High School.
• C) Ku Klux Klan members from Little Rock were making terrorist threats against President Eisenhower if the local school district tried to integrate.
• D) It was feared that communists had infiltrated the local government.
• E) The local police refused to respond to calls from African American neighborhoods.

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