What issue had to be negotiated before the states all agreed to ratify the articles of confederation?

A reason the Articles Of Confederation's ratification delay was:

WESTWARD EXPANSION

Maryland and Virginia were arguing over land claims and thus slowing down the process

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