During the civil war, rising inflation in the north meant that

a) the cost of food and other items skyrocketed.

b) many store and factory workers lost their jobs.

c) most businesses could not afford to operate.

d) the prices for most goods decreased sharply.

A) the cost of food and other items skyrocketed.

Inflation refers to an increase in the price of goods and services over a period of time. This means that purchasing power (how much a unit of money can get you) decreases. Inflation is usually caused by an excessive growth of money supply. A long sustained period of inflation is caused by money supply growing at a faster rate than economic growth.

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

i believe it would be capitalism