Why do you think laws concerning marriage of asians and Indians existed more in western states?

  ∵∴∵answer∵∴∵

these laws were made so Americans did not lose their opportunity to find women because of the proportion of imigrants. this was a bigger deal in the west because the main route of immigration for these people was the pacific because of the shorter distance.

∵∴∵description∵∴∵

Both American law and Chinese social custom at the time made it quite difficult for Chinese women to come to this country, so the gender ratios in those early days were extremely skewed. In 1860, only about 5 percent of the Chinese population in America was female. So that essentially meant that any male migrants who came here who wanted to establish families had very little choice but to go outside of their own community.

There was a great deal of hostility toward these intermarriages in the U.S. that grew out of a long history of racial intermarriage being very taboo, which was largely a legacy of slavery. Between 1850 and 1950, 15 states in the U.S.

    /.)                                        (.\

   /)\|                                        |/(\

 //)/    hope this helps -Tom   \(\\

/'"^"                                           "^"`\

I would like brainliest if I deserve it plz

mount st. helens in washington erupts, causing a massive avalanche and killing 57 people on this day in 1980. ash from the volcanic eruption fell as far away as minnesota. seismic activity at mount st. helens, which is 96 miles south of seattle, began on march 16.