5.)which of the following is the best explanation of the xyz affair that took place during john adam's presidency?
a.)adams tried to purchase three naval ships (x, y, & z) from france demanded much more money than the ships were worth & adams rejected the offer.
b.)adams arrested three french pirates (x, y, & z) who had seized american ships & millions of dollar in cargo, & then made a deal with french for their release in exchange for a peace treaty
c.)adams promoted the idea of creating a committee of three diplomats (x, y, & z)
d.)governments is necessary because people do not always practice civic virtue. adams tried to promote peace with france, but three french officials (x, y, & z)demanded a two hundred & fifty thousand dollar bribe before they would even speak with americans.

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

the section of the chart that represents a point at which a bill needs approval from a majority of people in both chambers to advance is j, as this is the only section before the bill becomes law which has both rows (symbolizing the chambers) converging into one, meaning that the two parts of the congress have to approve of it before it can march on with the process.