3. infer w text that you infer her purpose. hat is ilris chang's purpose for writing "building the transcontinental railroad"? cite evidence

In Building the Transcontinental, Iris Chang tries to tell the story of chinese immigrants who were escaping from the socio political situation in their country and looking for a new life in a new place.

Her purpose was to show how this immigrant community, that many Americans still consider foreign despite the Chinese presence in the United States for more than a century and a half, were a crucial part on one of the most important American developments in the history and still were not recognized for the only reason of being foreigns.

Chinese laborers had no credit after the Transcontinental Railroad was built, just white americans in the photos, and she wanted to show how unfair this was for this new group arriving in America when they “brought distinctive cultural traits to America—such as reverence for education, hard work, thriftiness, entrepreneurship, and family loyalty—which helped many achieve rapid success in their adopted country.”  

d) the narrator even suggested that the white whale, moby d, was ubiquitous and present in every ocean at every moment.  

the legal limit for the drivers who can drive after consuming any amount of alcohol is 21 years.

explanation:

on november 1, 1996, a "zero tolerance law" was put into effect in the new york state.

according to this zero tolerance law, for people under the age of 21 years, it was illegal to purchase and possess alcohol or to drive after consuming any amount of it.

also, the alcohol involvement rate for the drivers under the age of 21 was roughly twice that of elderly drivers.