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The Gam Saan Adventure—Are You Willing to Risk it?

You will be visiting these websites:

Oakland Museum of California information from the Gold Rush curriculum.

http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/fever16-di.html

Hint: besides reading the information on the website, make sure to click on the audio button to hear some helpful information.

Background information on the Foreign Miner's Tax.

Site Visit Questions

1. In what form did discrimination against the Chinese miners occur?

2. Why was the Foreign Miner's Tax enacted?