What is the purpose of checks and balances in the federal government? a. it allows the government to check for errors when creating laws. b. it keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful. c. it allows the number of representatives to be equal from each state. d. it allows our government to copy other governments' policies and procedures.

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