The union's defeat in battle at bull run in 1861 was better than a victory

The defeat made Northerners relize that they were in for a long and difficult war

Explanation:

The defeat caused Northerners to face up to the reality of a long, difficult war.

Explanation:

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

b. they tried to evict the squatters from the area.

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