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.

BBusiness 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.

DDisability activists demonstrate at the U.S. Capitol; months later,

the ADA is signed into law.