How did the u. s. gain the territory of florida?
we settled it with american citizens.
we asked the spanish to give it to us.
it came with the louisiana purchase.
andrew jackson attacked and captured spanish forts, claiming florida for the u. s. monroe signed a treaty with the spanish which gave florida to the u. s.
president monroe bullied the spanish into giving it up after they saw that we were unbeatable.

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