History GCSE
Presidential intervention
What Presidential intervention means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Presidential intervention
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President John F. Kennedy intervened by sending federal marshals to escort Meredith and then deploying federal troops to restore order.
Topics that use Presidential intervention
- 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 intervention
- Federal vs State power
- Media influence
- Non-violent direct action
- Violent opposition
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- Violent resistance to civil rights
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