Medical tests entailed being able to read, write, and speak the English language. Medical processors tested immigrants with puzzles and mimicry tests.
Because if an immigrant had a contagious disease that would be dangerous in US territory so they were sometimes even sent back to there own country.
So that they did not bring any diseases into America.
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Italians did not have many difficulties. The 3 biggest were the boat ride over, filling out the forms, and doing the tests done on them in Ellis island. The boat ride over costed 15$ (about 400$ now) for a steerage seat, which was located underneath sea level. One of the forms was the nulla osta. Before they were allowed to leave Ellis island, they had to take multiple tests. Both medical and IQ tests. Ellis island is located in NY and is where almost all Italian immigrants immigrated to.
A lot of the mental tests given on Ellis Island were puzzles that, normally, would seem easy, but not for those many immigrants who had very little education. Or for those who were mentally disabled.
The people would get to Ellis by steamships, though it took weeks.
There were three passengers classes on most ships: first and second, which were cabin classes, meaning the passenger or family recieved a cabin or its own on board ship, and steerage class, where passengers slept in the hold (belowdecks) of the ship on bunks about 1/2 feet by 6 feet, with no privacy and no personal floor space or storage space. All steerage class passengers had to go to Ellis Island and pass medical tests and answer questions such as whether they were an anarchist.
Yes, many Germans arrived through Ellis Island. Many of the people we would identify as German would have given specific German states as their home country (e.g. Prussia, Bavaria, etc.) More Germans likely arrived through Castle Clinton in New York, as Ellis Island was not yet in use when huge numbers of Germans arrived in the 1860 - 1890 period.
Italians did not have many difficulties. The 3 biggest were the boat ride over, filling out the forms, and doing the tests done on them in Ellis island. The boat ride over costed 15$ (about 400$ now) for a steerage seat, which was located underneath sea level. One of the forms was the nulla osta. Before they were allowed to leave Ellis island, they had to take multiple tests. Both medical and IQ tests. Ellis island is located in NY and is where almost all Italian immigrants immigrated to.
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Bertha May Boody has written: 'A psychological study of immigrant children at Ellis Island' -- subject(s): Educational tests and measurements, Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y and N.J.), Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.), Ellis Island Immigration Station (New York, N.Y.), Ellis Island United States Immigrant station, Emigration and immigration, Psychological tests, Testing, United States
A lot of the mental tests given on Ellis Island were puzzles that, normally, would seem easy, but not for those many immigrants who had very little education. Or for those who were mentally disabled.
Ellis Island. New york.
Immigrants had to go through a series of tests, mentallly and physically in order to be able to offically enter America.
Pass the tests. The health ones. And any other ones
it could be a few days to a year, there were many tests you had to pass along with paperwork. if you failed a test or were sick your stay was prolonged
The people would get to Ellis by steamships, though it took weeks.
The immigrants who landed at Ellis Island near New York were processed much quicker than immigrants who landed at Angel Island near San Francisco. Angel Island immigrants were held to higher standards than those of Ellis Island.
For immigrants who ended up being approved, the process of passing through the system on Ellis Island took anywhere from 2 to 5 hours. Each person had to answer a list of 29 questions and declare how much money they had with them.
There were three passengers classes on most ships: first and second, which were cabin classes, meaning the passenger or family recieved a cabin or its own on board ship, and steerage class, where passengers slept in the hold (belowdecks) of the ship on bunks about 1/2 feet by 6 feet, with no privacy and no personal floor space or storage space. All steerage class passengers had to go to Ellis Island and pass medical tests and answer questions such as whether they were an anarchist.