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What is the "head tax"?

✓Race-based entry fee charged for Chinese entering Canada.
BFee charged for anyone entering Canada after 1900.
CA tax imposed on beer beginning in 1867.
DFee charged for moving westward in the early 1900s.

Why This Is the Correct Answer

The "head tax" was a race-based entry fee imposed on Chinese immigrants entering Canada from 1885 to 1923. The Canadian government formally apologized for this discriminatory policy in 2006.

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