Which is a true statement about affirmative action policies? They began in the early 1900s. They were designed to punish social inequality. They helped minority students go to college. They denied preferential treatment to women.

they helped minority students go to college

Explanation:

they provide an opportunity for those who got shut out of a system because of their race, ethnicity, income, or identity

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while it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton.

explanation:

before eli whitney's invention of the cotton gin, picking and cleaning cotton was a slow, labor-intensive job. workers, usually slaves, had to pick the seeds from the cotton fibers by hand. this invention made it possible to grow large amounts of cotton on big farms and make money.