Answer:
Chinese received 30-50 percent lower wages than whites for the same job and they had to pay for their own food stuffs,” Chang says. “They also had the most difficult and dangerous work, including tunneling and the use of explosives. There is also evidence they faced physical abuse at times from some supervisors
Responding to xenophobic concerns, Congress passed an emergency law restricting immigration in 1921. Among other provisions, the Act established a quota (a proportional share of a total) for nationalities on the basis of their numbers in the U.S. in 1910.
The missing detail is: a quota.
Answer:
They didn't.
Explanation:
The Democratic Party was against civil right for African Americans well into the 70's. The Republican Party was responsible for the freeing of slaves, the first African American senator was Republican, and it was also the Republicans that passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, ending public segregation. In fact, the Democrats even conducted a 14 hour and 13 minute filibuster to try and delay the legislation.
