The most significant reason railroads encouraged industrial growth was

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

b.   jim crow laws were enacted in northern states.

the law supported victims of political persecution.

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i think it’s will be a yes