A requirement for government contractors to hire minority workers.
Explanation:
It was based on executive order 11246 signed by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965. Nevertheless, it was declared illegal in 1968 but a revised version was successfully defended by the Nixon administration one year later. In 1969 a plan was implemented that requires federal contractors to meet certain goals for hiring minority employees in order to combat institutionalized discrimination.
While the Battle of Thermopylae was technically a defeat for the Greek coalition, it was also a conquest. It marked the beginning of several important Greek victories against the Persians and represented a morale shift among the Greeks.
Because the union had pushed them out of their land and hurt them so much, they wanted to seek revenge on the union. They had also hoped that the confederates wouldn't push them out any more.
