Question

Which best identifies Jackie Robinson’s reason for writing his letter to President Eisenhower? He hopes that the president will take immediate action to curb segregation laws at the federal level. He believes that the president should punish Governor Faubus for his inexcusable actions. He feels that the president has too much sympathy for pro-segregationists like Governor Faubus. He thinks that the president should be commended for his remarks at the Summit Meeting of Negro Leaders.

Answer 1

The answer is A) he hopes

Answer 2

Answer:

Option A. The main reason that Jackie Robinson has to write his letter to President Eisenhower is that he hopes that the president will take immediate action to curb segregation laws at the federal level.

Explanation:

Jack Robinson was the first African American to play officially play in the Major League of Baseball. In 1957, in the midst of the Civil Rights movement, and after the Supreme Court has ordered all states to integrate their public schools, Governor Orval Faubus of  Arkansas used national guardsmen to block nine African American students from entering to Little Rock Central High School. This is when Jackie Robinson decided to write a letter to President Eisenhower, who up to that moment was reluctant to send federal troops to intervene, in hopes that the president would reconsider his stand and would take action.