4.2.5
Which statement best completes the graphic organizer to show a sequence
of events in the fight for
disability rights in the 1980s?
The Americans with
Disabilities Act
(ADA) is introduced
and faces
President Reagan
targets the 1973
Rehabilitation Act.
The Reagan
administration halts
plans to deregulate
opposition from
enforcement of the
Rehabilitation Act.
business and
religious groups.
?
1981
1982
1988
1990
OA. Business leaders demonstrate at the U.S. Capitol to protest the
ADA, which is signed into law
months later.
B. Business leaders demonstrate at the U.S. Capitol to protest the
ADA, which is never signed into law.
OC. Disability activists demonstrate at the U.S. Capitol, but the ADA is
never signed into law.
D. Disability activists demonstrate at the U.S. Capitol; months later,
the ADA is signed into law.