Soon the nation’s lawmaking was back in the hands of elite white men. In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, prohibiting the immigration of workers from China, and in 1884 . . .

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   Richardson tackles the question by showing how progress has been made in the past despite great pushback.

   Lincoln and the Civil War got us out of an era when a small number of white men controlled everything.

   But soon the white supremacists pushed back again.

   For perspective, this happened after the Civil War (Screenshots 1 and 2, from page 212)

   FDR and the New Deal got us out of another era when a small group of white men seized power and controlled most of the nation's wealth.

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