In 1957, the arkansas national guard prevented nine african american students from attending central high school in little rock. in response, president eisenhower sent in federal troops to force the school to integrate. what gave president eisenhower the right to send in the federal troops?

a. because arkansas was violating federal law, the president had the right to enforce the constitution.
b. because arkansas was using national guard troops, they violated federal military restrictions.
c. because arkansas was allowing troops to enter a school, the president had the right to protect the students.
d. because arkansas did not have its own constitution, it had to follow the federal laws on constitutional rights.

The second continental congress: a. made provisions for a continental army with george washington as commander-in-chief b. adopted a “declaration of causes of necessity of taking up arms” c. endorsed the olive branch petition d. all of the above

Describe the relations between the united states and other countries under the articles of confederation. 3-4 sentences

"august 19th (1864)- how they quarreled and wrangled among themselves- alabama and mississippi, all were loud for joe johnston, save and except the long-haired, one-armed hero, who cried at the top of his voice: "oh! you all want to be kept in trenches and to go on retreating, eh? " "oh, if we had had a leader, such as stonewall (jackson), this war would have been over long ago! what we want is a leader! " shouted a (wounded man). they were awfully smashed-up, objects of misery, wounded, maimed, diseased. i was really upset, and came home ill. this kind of thing unnerves me quite." mary chestnut, a diary from dixie this entry from the diary of mary chestnut illustrates a) the lack of medical technology possessed by the confederacy. b) the military superiority of southern troops in the civil war. c) the effects of the emancipation proclamation on the southern economy and society. d) the loss of morale and confidence by the confederacy towards the end of the civil war.