In the 1800s, Thousands of Chinese Men Immigrated to Work

In the 1800s, thousands of Chinese men immigrated to work on the Canadian Pacific Railroad. When it was completed, the Canadian government began implementing policies to control the Chinese population. Such policies included ________

A) an expensive head tax on Chinese wage labourers.
B) a head tax on the spouses and children of Chinese men already living in Canada.
C) a reproduction tax (i.e. a tax on each Chinese child born) .
D) high residential taxes on property that Chinese people owned.
E) a and b.

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