"the information provided by the map best supports the conclusion that
(1)the south’s transportation system was more efficient
(2)most railroads were owned and operated by the united states government
(3)the transcontinental railroad linked the west and the south
(4)the north had transportation advantages by the start of the civil war"

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 answer to your question is a. the salt plains

in 1811, he led an expedition, known as the george c. sibley expedition, to improve relations with the pawnee and kansa tribes, and also to locate the rumored jefferson's salt mountain