By the end of the civil war:

a) many confederate leaders had been tried for treason. b) african americans had gained full citizenship. c) the south's economy had been destroyed. d) congress had passed legislation to rebuild the nation.

d) all choices are correct

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