the Chinese workers were content/happy performing the jobs few white men wanted
Explanation:
- As the author of the text says "As long as Chinese were content with jobs few white men wanted, then the whites ignored them. But as soon as Chinese landed better jobs or ventured into more attractive industries then trouble brewed, especially during hard economic times. Whites feared employers would use the Chinese to drive down wages and reduce whites to a status no higher than that of the Chinese workers themselves."
- Otherwise, whites were sometimes actually doing some awful things to Chinese workers.
ANSWER:japan's surprise attack quickly overwhelmed the Americans troops who surrendered
The Spanish needed a settlement between East Texas and the Rio Grande to consolidate their hold over the missions in East Texas and to keep those missions safe and supplied.
D. It declared all slaves in states fighting for the Union free.
Any slave that was in US territory, as well as any slave that was located in the South that wanted to fight for the Union was declared free.
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The passages through the Mediterranean for reaching the Indian Ocean were occupied by the Arabs, and they were requesting large amounts of money or goods for passing through, and also the waters were very insecure because of the pirates. So Portugal was trying to find a way around Africa to reach the Indian Ocean and thus India, so that it can continue with trade of the goods from the Asian continent and keep its wealth and power on the global scene.
