Ellis Island

So immigrants could become citizens of the U.S.A!!!! THEY HAD TO GET CHECK-UPS. IF THEY WERE ALRIGHT, THEY GO TO NEW YORK CITY. IF THY WERE SICK, THEY HAD TO STAY AT ELLIS ISLAND UNTIL THEY ARE BETTER. THEY WILL GET CHECK-UPS IF THEY FINE, THAT IS GOOD. IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE CHECK-UPS, SOME PEOPLE COULD HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF SOME PEOPLE'S DISEASE.

Tokyo, Paris and of course, New York.

well there are three in New York alone.

New York

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The US Government was in charge of immirgration at Ellis Island.

The statue was located on Bedloe's Island, not Ellis Island. I don't know why it was located there unless it was because the tiny island was not good for much, it was owned by the Federal Government and available, and a part of a fort that was there could become part of the foundation of the statue. The statue was a gift from the people of France and was a joint effort between France and the U.S. France supplied the figure of Lady Liberty and the U.S. supplied the foundation. Bedloe's Island was later renamed Liberty Island which is it's name today.

all immigrants from Europe, Africa or parts of the middle ast came through Ellis island. so.... pretty much anyone who was white. (becasue everyone else came through from china and japan)

Ellis island though thought to hold the statue of liberty is actually home of the immigration museum and liberty island is home to the statue of liberty. My school is teaching us the wrong thing! The statue of liberty is on liberty island not Ellis island thank you very much for teaching us the wrong thing harrison lane!

Nope. Angel Island was started as an Immigration Facility in 1910 but many Asians did arrive in San Francisco in the early 1800's, just not through Angel Island.

Many did go to Angel Island to be checked for illnesses and and to tell officials about their past life.

Ellis and Angel Islands were Immigration Inspection Stations. All passengers arriving by boat (except First Class Passengers and US Citizens) were inspected there to be sure they were free of communicable diseases, they had a minimum amount of money and were employable or were traveling with an employable person, were not traveling on a ticket paid for by an employer in America, and were not likely to become involved in immoral activities, etc.

This was before immigration visas were required, so anyone with a ticket could get on a boat and come to America.

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.

Ellis Island is located in New York City's harbour, so geographically, it is not as convenient for Asian immigration as are the western United States.

However, documentation of Asian American immigration begins in Louisiana in 1763 with Filipinos fleeing their work aboard Spanish ships. (See below for more detail.)

Many Asians came to America to work on the western trunk of the Transcontinental Railroad, and were thus most likely to land in western seaports.

That's where they were taken so they could be processed into the US. Actually, it isn't a bad idea. They were given health check ups, help with settling into a new life, and were in a central data bank all without computers.

Angel Island was the home of the west coast immigration receiving station.

Ellis Island is the better known east coast station.

Both processed huge numbers of immigrants to the United States

Ellis Island once again saw itself as a detention center for alien enemies during World War II. After the Internal Security Act of 1950, which banned immigrants who had been members of Communist and Fascist organizations, and the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1952, fewer and fewer people came through Ellis Island. In November 1954, Ellis Island closed its doors.

However in 1965, President Johnson added Ellis Island to the Statue of Liberty National Monument, and in 1976, Ellis Island opened its doors to the public for visits. Since then, Ellis Island has opened a museum and launched a Web site, giving people access to the records of millions of immigrants who came through the Island between 1892 and 1924. The Web site has already had over 12 billion hits since launching in 2001. There is a link to it below.

They felt hopeful when they saw the Statue of Liberty. They felt despair in the endless lines.6

The Ellis Island Immigration Station closed in 1954, and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum opened in 1990.

New York and New Jersey own Ellis island

the original deal was that new york would own the island but new jersey owns the water around it so when Ellis island was expanded new jersey owned the newer part. Not many people are allowed to see the new jersey side though now because like Alcatraz many of the buildings are not stable

Ellis island was problaly established as the gateway so that the immigrants on the ship could be check before entering us territory.

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.

Medical tests entailed being able to read, write, and speak the English language. Medical processors tested immigrants with puzzles and mimicry tests.

Between 1880 and 1920 around 2251 people went through on a normal day

Until late 1954, Ellis Island was the first stop for immigrants coming to America by way of ship. Now-a-days, however, the island serves a tourist attraction, and is an excellent place to learn about America's golden age of immigration.

Ellis Island is 27.5 acres,28 if rounded

The original Ellis Island facility built in 1892 was made almost entirely of Georgia Pine. Although the rosin was removed from the 400 ft. long floor, this oily flammable sap remained in the walls. The building was a tinderbox and burned in less than two hours in the early morning hours of June 15th 1897.

Ellis Island is important to many imigrated people, this is where most people went, and still go to, when they first enter America from Europe/Africa/those general areas.

All passengers who came to America from 1855 to 1890 had to go through Ellis Island. Passengers were inspected for contagious disease.