Which of the following best explains why slaves were needed on cotton plantations? slaves were needed to plant, pick, and bale the cotton. slaves were needed to transport, process, and sell the cotton. slaves were needed to develop and organize groups of cotton sellers. slaves were needed to instruct the colonists on how to grow cotton plants.

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