** , need **read the excerpt from president kennedy's report to the american people.

this afternoon, following a series of threats and defiant statements, the presence of alabama national guardsmen was required on the university of alabama to carry out the final and unequivocal order of the united states district court of the northern district of alabama.

how did president kennedy structure this excerpt?

a. he used cause and effect to explain the events in alabama.
b. he compared and contrasted the us district court with the northern district of alabama.
c. he gave a personal interpretation of the events in alabama.
d. he revealed the opinions of the people of alabama on the presence of the guardsmen.

A. He used cause and effect to explain the events in Alabama.

In a cause and effect structure the speaker gives the relation between events. The first event is actually the passing of the "final and unequivocal order of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Alabama". Then came "a series of threats and defiant statements." This in turn required "the presence of Alabama National Guardsmen." The other answers are wrong because he is not talking about two different courts, only one. He did not give any personal statements that would give an interpretation of events but rather statements of fact. He also did not give any opinions on the guardsmen.

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