The main purpose of the Foreign Miner's Tax law and its amendments of the 1850s was to
a. raise money for the new California state government.
b. ensure that foreign miners did not take all their profits outside of California.
c. drive foreign miners, especially the Chinese, Mexicans, French, and other nonwhite or Catholic miners, from the gold-mining districts.
d. distribute the tax burden more fairly among all miners.
c
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A. stripped German Jews of their citizenship. B. established a police state in Germany. C. were modeled after the Soviet New Economic Policy. D. nationalized all banks and factories. E. declared Germany's intent to ignore the Versailles Treaty.
Which of these elements of Chinese culture failed to take root in Vietnam?
A) architecture B) the scholar-gentry C) Buddhism D) the bureaucracy
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A. They wanted President Obama to first agree to accept $2 to $3 trillion in cuts in federal spending along with no increases in taxes. B. They wanted President Obama to first agree to accept $2 to $3 trillion dollars in increases in federal spending along with increases in taxes for the wealthy. C. They wanted President Obama to agree to increase the debt limit over a period of ten years. D. They wanted President Obama to first agree to accept tax increases on the middle and working classes.
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A) ?2 million B) ?4 million C) ?6 million D) ?8 million E) ?10 million