One feature common to the foreign policies of
presidents george washington, john adams, and
thomas jefferson was that each wanted to
(1) favor france in its conflict with great britain
(2) secure new territory west of the mississippi
river
(3) maintain neutrality during european conflicts
(4) seek military alliances with neighboring
countries

a.   it resulted in widespread unemployment.

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