President Eisenhower recognized that racial inequality at home would undermine the United States' efforts to promote democracy and freedom abroad during the Cold War. He took steps to address this issue by supporting the Montgomery Bus Boycott and deploying federal troops to protect the integration of schools in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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President Eisenhower

Question 56

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A) Recognized that no American Cold War era president could afford the embarrassment of racial inequality at home.
B) Was a spirited civil rights advocate.
C) Fired Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus.
D) Refused to call out the National Guard to protect black students attending Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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