2. PART B: Which phrase from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
O A "When the students tried to enter again on
September 24, they were taken into the school
through a back door. Word of this spread
throughout the community, and a thousand irate
citizens stormed the school grounds." (
Paragraph 3)
B "The police desperately tried to keep the angry
crowd under control as concerned onlookers
whisked the students to safety. The nation
watched all of this on television. President
Eisenhower was compelled to act." (
Paragraphs 4-5)
OC "The rest of the country seemed to side with the
black students, and the Arkansas state
government was defying a federal decree. The
situation hearkened back to the dangerous
federal-state conflicts of the 19th century that
followed the end of the Civil War" (
Paragraph 5)
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