| Muckrakers such as Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, and Lincoln Steffens were
known during the Progressive Era for
A opposing political reforms.
B creating a religious commune.
C identifying problems within
society.
D promoting the interests of
corporations

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

is there options? or is it random words?

explanation:

the answers are a b and d

c. the passage of the fifteenth amendment