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Civil Rights for Americans with Disabilities — Unit test

Question 3 • EAP-Virginia and US History B CR

Prevention, recognition, and legal equality for people with mental disabilities were among the stated priorities of

Answer
A
the system of asylums in the early 1900s.
B
the President’s Committee on Mental Retardation.
C
the eugenics movement.
D
the 1918 Smith-Sears Veterans Rehabilitation Act.

Explanation

The President’s Committee on Mental Retardation promoted prevention, early recognition, and equal legal rights for people with intellectual disabilities. These priorities differ from the eugenics movement, which sought to control reproduction, and from the asylum system, which focused mainly on institutional care. The correct choice is the President’s Committee on Mental Retardation.

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