Affirmative action refers to a policy that does which of the following?
a. hires minorities without regard to their skills
b. gives special consideration to minorities in their selection for employment and education
c. promotes minorities in areas of previous discrimination without the use of quotas
d. relies exclusively on racial and ethnic quotas to accomplish its goals
b. gives special consideration to minorities in their selection for employment and education
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Immigration policy in the 1920s
A) caused the largest surge of immigration since the early 1900s. B) targeted the Chinese and was passed in response to a backlash against Chinese immigrant labor used to build the railroads. C) abandoned the national-quotas system favoring northern Europeans. D) imposed a national-quotas system favoring northern Europeans. E) barred immigration of Hispanics.
The regression coefficient tells how much ____ changes if _____ changes by one unit.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which region of the state is known primarily for its production of citrus fruits and vegetables?
A. border area of South Texas and Rio Grande Valley B. Gulf Coast region C. central corridor D. plains region
What factor was influential in driving expansion of the federal bureaucracy in the post–Civil War era?
a. the expansion of voting rights to African American men b. the elimination of the spoils system c. a series of poor harvests and agricultural distribution problems d. the growing incidence of price fixing and other unfair business practices