Government & political leaders
George H. W. Bush
1924–2018
Massachusetts connection
Born in Milton
Bush was born in Milton and became the forty-first U.S. president. In 1990 he signed the Americans with Disabilities Act. That law protects disability rights in important areas of public life. His Massachusetts connection was his birthplace; much of his later life was elsewhere.
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Your turn, historian
Find a detail. Build an idea.
- What did this person or group do? Point to a detail in the reading.
- Whose voice did this person bring into public decisions?
- What would you like to find out next? Which kind of source could help?
“George H. W. Bush mattered because ___. A detail that supports my idea is ___.”
Follow the evidence.
This short reading is an original classroom summary. Open the source with your teacher to check details and learn more.
Read the source: bush41.org ↗Ask: Who made this source? What can it tell us? What might it leave out?