Federal intervention
What Federal intervention means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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President Eisenhower federalised the National Guard and sent the 101st Airborne Division to escort the students, showing the federal government would use military force to uphold federal court desegregation orders against state defiance.
Action by the federal government, which the Freedom Riders forced by their non-violent provocation, compelling Attorney General Robert Kennedy to enforce desegregation on interstate bus routes.
Topics that use Federal intervention
- Option 33: Key topic 1: The development of the civil rights movement, 1954–60 - 2 Developments in education (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option 33: Key topic 2: Protest, progress and radicalism, 1960–75 - 1 Developments, 1960–62 ● The significance of Greensboro and the sit-in movement. (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Federal vs State power
- Legal challenges
- Media impact
- Media influence
- Non-violent direct action
- Presidential intervention
- Segregation
- Separate but equal
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