Captains of industry during the gilded age were.. a. in the middle class b. very wealthy c. socioeconomically disadvantaged d. in the working class

It's B. Very Wealthy 

Because the captains are wealthy individuals who helped USA through economic success. The rich believed to be these because raised standard of USA by providing new economic opportunities that led to social developments

philanthropists.

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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