Which groups were barred from voting?

african americans and women

Explanation:

women couldn't vote because they thought the man and women would have the same vote in their house so the men could only vote.

african americans couldn't vote because they were not white and with the racist times only white men could vote

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racism and segregation.

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