What was the main purpose of the “granger laws”? a. to ensure that women were given the vote in western statesb. to regulate the rates railroads charged farmers for shipping and storagec. to ensure that u. s. currency was backed by silverd. to regulate the taxes that were placed on manufactured goods that were made in the east

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