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Why were only steerage passengers were required to pass through Ellis island instead of all passengers?
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What was the name of the class of passengers that had to go through Ellis island?
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.
Did Mexicans go through Ellis island to get into America?
All passengers who came to America from 1855 to 1890 had to go through Ellis Island. Passengers were inspected for contagious disease.
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What was the name of the class of passengers that had to go through Ellis island?
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.
Who did not have to go through Ellis island?
Anyone who was not in steerage did not have to go through Ellis Island
The cargo area of a ship in which poor immigrants traveled was called?
Steerage
What was a factor that made traveling in steerage a bad experience for many immigrants?
the rapid spread of disease through crowded cabins
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they were going through poverty, there was long working hours with little pay, they had to deal with nativists, and steerage.
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