2. PART B: Which phrase from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
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)
C“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)
D "The following year, Little Rock School District officials
under the command of Falsus closed the schools to
prevent integration. But in 1959, the schools were open
again. Both black and white children were in attendance."
(Paragraph 7)

D "The following year, Little Rock School District officials  under the command of Faubus closed the schools to  prevent integration. But in 1959, the schools were open  again. Both black and white children were in attendance."  (Paragraph 7)

Explanation:

This question is based on a reading titled ''Showdown in Little Rock'' which talks about 9 Black American school children who were to attend a previously segregated high school after the Supreme Court had declared segregation in school, unconstitutional.

Part A is a question about the central idea of the text and that answer is, ''the Little Rock Nine helped break racial barriers in American education despite great opposition.''

The text in part B that supports it in option D where the Governor of Arkansas,  Orval Faubus ordered schools to close in order to prevent integration which he was not in support of. In defiance, the schools opened the year after and allowed both black and white children which signalled that racial barriers were being broken in the American education system regardless of the opposition faced.

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