Question

1. what did the foreign miners tax of 1850 make immigrants do?

1. if you had been an immigrant who went to the gold rush, would you have stayed even though there was discrimination? why or why not?

Explanation:

For question 4: The Foreign Miners Tax of 1850, enacted in California during the Gold Rush, required non-citizen immigrant miners to pay a monthly tax to access and mine gold-bearing land. Many immigrants, particularly Chinese, Latin American, and European immigrants, were targeted by this tax, which was a form of economic discrimination.
For question 5: This is a subjective question. A common line of reasoning for staying would be the potential for financial success to support family back home, or the lack of better economic opportunities in one's home country. A common line of reasoning for leaving would be to escape systemic discrimination, exploitation, and the inability to earn a living due to the unfair tax and social hostility.

Answer:

1. It required immigrant (non-citizen) miners to pay a monthly tax to be allowed to mine for gold in California.
2. Example 1 (Stay): Yes, I would have stayed. The potential to earn enough money to lift my family out of poverty back home outweighed the discrimination, as there were no comparable economic opportunities in my native country.

Example 2 (Leave): No, I would not have stayed. The discriminatory tax and social hostility made it nearly impossible to earn a fair living, and I would seek a place where I could work without being targeted for my immigrant status.