History of the United States I / Unit 11 USH1 1556 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Chinese Miners
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The idea
Chinese migrants made up roughly eight percent of nearly three hundred thousand arrivals, and earned reputations as frugal men and hard workers.
In practice
Chinese miners routinely taking over diggings others had abandoned as worthless.
Where people slip
California taxed foreign miners in eighteen fifty and prohibited all immigration from China in eighteen fifty-eight.
Your place on the trail
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