Laws Almost Eliminated Chinese Restaurants
Chicago's early Chinese restaurants had a much different
atmosphere than many do today. These restaurants offered music,
stayed open late and were often connected to other businesses.
"You could think of them as kind of underground dance parties," Chin
says. At these places, he says, people of all races mixed socially.
These were also places where certain groups, such as women, did
not have to follow social expectations. Chin says, this all happened at
a time "when women were starting to vote and were headed toward
national suffrage. And in the middle of this, emerged a chop suey
craze."
So how close did these laws come to eliminating Chinese restaurants
all together?
3. What does the cause and effect organizational pattern of
Laws Almost Eliminated Chinese Restaurants help convey
about Chicago's Chinese Restaurant?
A. The restaurants had strict guidelines about how races
should mix
B. The restaurants had less expensive decor than they do now
C. The restaurants primarily served Chinese dishes instead of
chop suey
D. The restaurants had music, dance parties and stayed open
late