Question

What did President Eisenhower do to help the "Little Rock 9" and how long did his intervention take from the original time they were to go to the Little Rock Central High School?

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Although there are no options attached we can say the following.

What President Eisenhower did to help the "Little Rock 9" was to issue executive order 10730 and the troops from the National Guard on September 23, 1957.

President Eisenhower quickly responded to the petition of Woodrow Wilson Martin, who was the Major of Little Rock. The major demanded protection for the black students and support integration in Little Rock Central Highschool. The President sent the 101st Airborne Division to protect the integrity of black students. Unfortunately, these students suffered different aggressions from white students.

Let's have in mind the nature and complexity of the problem. At the beginning of the fall semester in 1957, Orval Faubus, who was the governor of Arkansas, ordered the National Guard of Arkansas to prevent the black students to enter the premises of the school.