An estimated 40% of Americans are descended from people who passed through the Ellis Island immigration station during its six decades of operation. The immigrants at Ellis Island were treated more equally than those at Angel Island. Activities. Portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants. The immigrants were required to answer questions about their name, gender, marital status, occupation, literacy, race and health. Steamship companies relied on the immigrant trade as their main source of income into the 1920s. Ellis Island processed an average of 5,000 people per day. The largest number of immigrants processed in a single day was April 17, 1907 when 11,747 people entered the gates of Ellis Island. Ellis Island serves as an important landmark and reminder of the many immigrants who came to the United States in search of opportunity. The place was packed with thousands of . Under this rule, they detain about 13 to 15 percent of the immigrants. It was so elegant; many thought it was a resort hotel. They underwent a 60 second physical evaluation and if they passed then they spoke to a government inspector. But the all-time daily high was six times that average, reached on April 17, 1907 when 11,747 immigrants were processed on Ellis Island. Ellis Island was and still is located in the upper part of New York Bay, off the coast of New Jersey, and right next to the Statue of Liberty. The goal was to weed out the "feeble-minded" and ensure that a "better class" of foreign-born people was ushered into U.S. citizenship." Listen below. Keep in mind that most immigrants traveled with their family. The inspector checked their documents and questioned the new immigrants to determine if they were eligible to enter the united states. 3) 1886. By the time the great immigration boom ended in the 1920's, more than four . If they were determined to be of sufficient character they moved to a medical inspection area. But. In this test they were examined and if they were healthy enough, were allowed to enter the country. Ellis Island was not always the threshold of the immigrant dream. at an early date. The main building was 400 feet long with square corner towers. It handled about 8 million immigrants before the Federal Government took charge of the immigration process. The immigration inspectors are required to detain for special inquiry all who are not plainly and unquestionably entitled to admission. How did immigrants get enough money to make the journey to America? Courtesy of: Library of Congress. The immigrants was checked instant All ready at the first steps on the stairs up to second floor every immigrant was inspected by the doctors. Snider was soon hired as a gatekeeper at Ellis Island. The original immigration station c. 1892-1897 National Archives and Records Administration Due to the economic depression at the time, immigration was light and Ellis Island inspectors had no difficulty in processing the fewer than 20,000 immigrants who arrived annually.
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