Civil Rights for Americans with Disabilities — Quiz

Question 3 • Virginia and US History

Which best describes the history of the Special Olympics?

Answer

Eunice Kennedy Shriver created a day camp for children with disabilities, which grew into an annual international competition.

After becoming president in 1961, President Kennedy pushed Congress to create the organization.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt created the March of Dimes, which by 1962 had grown into an international competition.

Dorothea Dix influenced the Massachusetts Legislature to create the organization.

Explanation

Eunice Kennedy Shriver organized a summer day camp for children with intellectual disabilities at her home in 1962. The camp grew into the first Special Olympics games in 1968 and eventually into an international sports organization. The other choices describe unrelated people or organizations, not the founding of the Special Olympics.

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