17. In the 1910s, segregation of the Chinese in Oakland, California was _____________.

A. illegal
B. carried out by vigilantes
C. a matter of preference among the Chinese
D. the results of "white only" zoning laws
E. legal

It says "During the 1910s the economy of the region grew again but the city of Oakland limited the chinese residents to Chinatown using ethnic segregation to keep them apart from the rest of the population. At a time when the Chinese were benefiting from a better economy the whites only specifications of local zoning and neighborhood regulations forced separation that segrefated the Oakland chinese into te city's Chinatown."

It makes me think it's C or D but I think D is closer?

1 answer

Yes, D.
The Chinese didn't want it.