He ordered U.S. troops to forceably integrate Little Rock's Central High School over the objections of the Governor of the state of Arkansas.

• A. President Eisenhower
• B. Harry Truman
• C. Lyndon B. Johnson
• D. George Washington

Answer: (A)

This question centers on how the federal government enforces desegregation when state authorities resist. In 1957, during the Little Rock Crisis, the governor of Arkansas used the National Guard to block Black students from entering Central High School. President Dwight D. Eisenhower answered by federalizing the Arkansas National Guard and sending in the 101st Airborne Division to escort and protect the students, ensuring the Supreme Court’s desegregation ruling could be carried out. This action shows how federal power can override local opposition to uphold constitutional rights. Truman had earlier moved to desegregate the armed forces, but the Little Rock intervention specifically was Eisenhower’s action, while Johnson and Washington are not connected to this event.