Information on the map supports the conclusion that congressional leaders in 1820 and
1821 wanted to
(1) maintain an equal number of free and slave states
(2) ban slavery west of the mississippi river
(3) bring slavery to the oregon country
(4) open territories in the north to slavery

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

formulating the initial idea for the policy

answer is c.