•hired women
•changed the products produced by their assembly lines
•hired african americans
•increased production

factories in the united states employed the measures above in order to

a. combat the devastating economic impact of the great depression
b. ensure america had the military munitions necessary to fight world war ii
c. comply with strict new progressive era labor laws
d. meet the explosive demand for consumer goods during world war ii

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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

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