On September 24, nearly three weeks after the Little Rock Nine were turned away from Little Rock Central High for the first time, President Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas National Guard--meaning he assumed federal control of the state organization--and ordered the troops to protect the students, not turn them away. These were their new orders:
"Our mission is to enforce the orders of the federal courts with respect to the attendance at the public schools of Little Rock of all those who are properly enrolled, and to maintain law and order while doing so. . . . Our individual feelings towards those court orders should have no influence on our execution of the mission."
 Members of the Little Rock Nine leave the military escort vehicle that brought them to school every day. |
Troops remained stationed at the school for the rest of the year, both to protect the students and to investigate bomb threats.
To review the difference between federal and state reactions to the crisis in Little Rock connect each phrase on the left to the correct category on the right.
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Arkansas Governor
Orval Faubus |
opposed desegregation
championed desegregation
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President Eisenhower
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allowed the states to govern their own affairs
federalized troops to ensure that the states obeyed the Supreme Court
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The Southern states
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vowed to defy the
Supreme Court begrudgingly acknowledged that they had to desegregate
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That is correct.
You should review this topic.
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