What effect did the soviet launch of sputnik have on the united states?
it revitalized mccarthyism.
it led to the creation of nasa.
it ended u. s. involvement in the korean war.
it prompted the development of the hydrogen bomb.

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