Which of the following is true of discrimination against the disabled in the United States?
A. The Americans with Disabilities Act grants protections to the disabled only in the employment sphere.
B. Discrimination against the disabled is among the forms of discrimination prohibited by the Constitution, but it has also been strengthened through various statutes.
C. Before 1975, four million children with disabilities were getting either no education or an inappropriate one.
D. Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1975.
E. Through the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, Congress required that schools receiving federal funding provide all children, however severe their disability, with a free and appropriate education.
Answer: C
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A) one year. B) five years. C) ten years. D) twenty years. E) fifty years.
Your textbook mentions that diplomats can only be successful if they have the support and backing of the governments they represent. (a) How could disagreement and dispute at the domestic level affect a diplomat's ability to negotiate? (b) How might these constraints affect diplomats from democratic governments differently than those from autocracies?
What will be an ideal response?
A theory that assumes that widely held values and beliefs help explain political behavior would be best described as
a. rational choice theory b. political culture theory c. psychological theory d. none of the above
In what way does the U.S. Constitution differ from most other constitutions?
a. It is shorter and more vague than most other constitutions.
b. It contains many more rights and liberties than other constitutions.
c. Unlike other constitutions, the U.S. Constitution has never been amended.
d. The U.S. Constitution contains more economic rights such as right to work and minimum pay.