<span>In September 1957 the school board in Little rock, Arkansas, won a court order to admit nine African American students to Central High a school with 2,000 white students. The governor ordered troops from Arkansas National Guard to prevent them from entering the school. The next day as the National Guard troops surrounded the school, an angry white mob joined the troops to protest the integration plan and to intimidate the AA students trying to register. The mob violence pushed Eisenhower's patience to the breaking point. He immediately ordered the US Army to send troops to Little Rock to protect and escort them for the full school year.
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George Washington was appointed as the Supreme Commander of the Continental Army.
The Vietnam War was a highly contentious period of time for the US, as it divided the nation in two and raised a counter culture that fought against government intervention. Many believed that the United States had no business in this conflict.
The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "They enacted laws and policies to block the integration of public schools." The state legislatures in the South react to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling by enacting <span>laws and policies to block the integration of public schools.</span>
