In the Shadow of Gold Mountain

Why was there a Chinese Head Tax ?

• To restrict Chinese Immigration

• To create fund to build the CPR railroad

• To support Chinese immigration

• To prevent Canadians entering China

How many Chinese immigrants paid the tax?

• 1 million

• 81 000

• 50 000

• 30 million

What was the Chinese exclusion Act?

• Banned all Chinese Immigrating to Canada

• Banned Chinese from Bars in Canada

• Excluded Chinese from certain jobs in Canada

• Excluded Chinese from voting in Canada

When was the Chinese exclusion act ended?

• 1947

• 2010

• 1914

• 1945

The Federal Government apologized for the head Tax and other racist polices in 2006

• True

• False

Canada depended on Chinese Labor True or False

• True

• False

In 1923 the Head tax was abolished and what was created?

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

• Nothing replaced it

• The Chinese repatriation act

• The Chinese retribution act

The Chinese exclusion act denied Chinese the right to vote. True or False

• True

• False

James Wing, the older man in the documentary, was

• an original head tax payer

• the son of a head tax payer

• never subject to the head tax

What was the Head Tax?

• an optional amount of money to pay to visit Canada

• a fixed fee to pay to immigrate to Canada

• the cost to travel from China to Canada by boat