Plz help need today Which change occurred as a direct result of these developments? (Look at the picture)

A: A reduction in the number of skilled workers in northern states
B: The expansion of manufacturing into the western territories
C: A reduction in trade with European countries
D: The expansion of slavery into newly acquired territories

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

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