What Effect Did the Heavy Tax Imposed on Chinese Miners

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Multiple Choice

What effect did the heavy tax imposed on Chinese miners by the California state legislature in 1852 have on them?

• A) The largest majority returned to their home provinces in China.
• B) Many of these miners continued to work in their current jobs.
• C) Most left mining but turned to other work such as fishing and operating restaurants.
• D) It had no effect on them since the California judiciary overturned it for its racist principles.

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