Question

select all the correct answers.

for what two reasons did president dwight d. eisenhower send federal troops to little rock, arkansas?

□ to arrest those who were responsible for sending an angry white mob to stop integration
□ to protect white students while upholding a supreme court ruling on integration
□ to assist the national guard troops that the governor placed in front of central high school
□ to force the governor to allow african american students to enter central high school
□ to uphold the brown v. board of education of topeka decision on integration

Explanation:

1. In 1957, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus deployed the National Guard to block 9 African American students from entering Central High School, defying the Brown v. Board of Education ruling that mandated school desegregation.
2. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to enforce the federal court order (rooted in Brown v. Board of Education), which required the students be allowed to enroll, overriding the governor's resistance.
3. The goal was to uphold the Supreme Court's desegregation decision and compel the governor to let the African American students enter the school.

Answer:

• to force the governor to allow African American students to enter Central High School
• to uphold the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision on integration