What was commodore perry’s significant contribution to the beginning of japan’s transformation?

opened Japan to the West.

Explanation: Commodore Perry opened Japan to the West by persuading its government to held the convention of Kanagawa. Ending the convention, japan agreed to establish several ports in the japanese territory. Those ports could facilitate the trading for countries in the western hemisphere.

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