What was the Missouri Compromise and how did it lead to division

The Missouri Compromise is the legislation that admitted Maine in as a free state, and Missouri as a slave state. This legislation passed to keep balance between the North and the South. It contributed to the division of the states because it made the issues of slavery more contentious between the North and South.

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