The phrase that signals a cause-and-effect relationship in the sentence is "and thus." This phrase indicates that the grouping of Chinese herbalists with merchants led to the result of them being allowed entry.
Read the sentence from "Island of Hope, Island of Tears."
Immigration officials grouped Chinese herbalists--medical practitioners who use different mixtures of herbs to prevent and treat various ailments--with merchants, and thus they were allowed entry.
Which phrase signals a cause-and-effect relationship?
who use
to prevent
and thus
they were
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