The concept of Manifest Destiny meant it was destined that American settlers take what action? A. Build railroads to encourage trade between regions
B. Settle the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
C. Establish river towns to encourage the use of steam power
D. Ban slavery in all new states entering the Union

B: settle the US from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean

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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