How did FDR in World War II affect African Americans

During Roosevelt's presidency, many African American migrated from the South to the urban North. In the North, they were able to vote and had more job opportunities. The South was a worse place for black Americans to live. Roosevelt spoke against lynching and met with African American civil rights leaders. He also claimed that helping black Americans would cost him too many Southern votes. During World War II, blacks found more jobs than ever before, and racial tensions grew. This tension led to violence, like the race riot in 1943 Detroit.

in the 1800s, chinese workers migrated to the united states, first to work in the gold mines, but also to take agricultural jobs, and factory work, especially in the garment industry. chinese immigrants were particularly instrumental in building railroads in the american west, and as chinese laborers grew successful in the united states, a number of them became entrepreneurs in their own right. as the numbers of chinese laborers increased, so did the strength of anti-chinese sentiment among other workers in the american economy. this finally resulted in legislation that aimed to limit future immigration of chinese workers to the united states, and threatened to sour diplomatic relations between the united states and china.