Alcohol and Native Americans those who would offer a substance that was so offensive to the senses and that made men foolish. Most Native people who did drink alcohol were reported to show "remarkable restraint while in their cups". Most drank alcohol only during social or trading contact with whites. Although drinking patterns since colonization grew almost exponentially, since 1975, drinking patterns among Native Americans have remained constant. Around the world, since 1975, Native Americans can be found more commonly among other US citizens in places that serve alcohol. After colonial contact, white drunkenness was interpreted by whites as the misbehavior of an individual.
History of the Chinese Americans in Chicago History of the Chinese Americans in Chicago The Chicago metropolitan area has an ethnic Chinese population. As of 2010, there are 43,228 Chinese Americans who live in Chicago, 1.6% of the city's population. This population includes native-born Chinese as well as immigrants from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, and also racially mixed Chinese. In 1869 the first transcontinental railway was completed. By that time the first Chinese arrived in Chicago. Early immigrants from China to Chicago came from the lower classes and lower middle classes. The earliest immigrants were Cantonese. In 1874 the Chinese managed one tea