Which of the following describes how the Civil Rights Act of 1964 became a law? The bill received overwhelming support and quickly became a law.

The bill’s progress was delayed because of the public’s overwhelming disfavor of it.

The bill was quickly approved to be a law, as the President did not allow others to voice opposing opinions.

The bill’s progress was delayed due to the lawmakers’ divided opinions.

The bill’s progress was delayed due to the lawmakers’ divided opinions.

Explanation:

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