The Civil Rights Movement Begins

Question 8 • American History-2nd Semester-CR (KCKPS-04102020)

Which of the following best describes the 1957 events at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas?

Answer

Governor Faubus resisted the school’s integration with National Guard troops, and President Eisenhower sent federal troops to enforce integration.

Under Governor Faubus, Little Rock police first fought, then enforced, the order to integrate the school.

President Eisenhower sent National Guard troops to resist the school’s integration, but Governor Faubus obtained a court order to dismiss them.

President Eisenhower and Governor Faubus worked together to make the integration process run as smoothly as possible.

Explanation

In 1957, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus used the state National Guard to block nine Black students from entering Central High School. President Eisenhower then federalized the Guard and sent U.S. Army troops to enforce the students’ right to attend the school. This matches choice A: Faubus resisted integration, and Eisenhower intervened to enforce it.

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