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| They were mass murders of certain ethnic groups of people. Often times organized by the church for religious reasons. Sometimes the government was involved for political reasons. |
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| Quotas were passed to limit the number of people who could enter America. |
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| Frederic Auguste Bartholdi |
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| Designer of the Statue of Liberty |
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This government act allowed newcomers to America to stake a claim to 160 acres of land.
After 5 years of living on and working the land offered to them they pay a small amount and it could be theirs. |
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| Famous sonnet (poem), written by Emma Lazarus, located on a tablet inside the pedestal to the Statue of Liberty |
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| During the late 1800’s, this type of company owned a great deal of land in the Western part of the United States, and thus were very powerful. |
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| This was a list prepared by ship companies before departing for America. It included age, destination, occupation and gender. This document was given to immigration inspectors when the ship landed in America. |
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Wore layers of clothing on the long boat ride.
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| Immigrants most often times did this, in order to save space in their luggage for more important items on the long and dangerous boat ride. |
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| Where immigrants were examined before 1892. |
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| The government did not want to have to pay money to house, clothe or feed newly arriving immigrants. |
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| A common scalp and nail disease. |
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Many immigrants were joined and reunited with
their loved ones at this very special place. |
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Contract Labor Law
of 1885
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| Immigrants with promises of jobs and money loaned to them by strangers in advance were in violation of this law. This law was created in order to PROTECT immigrants from being taken advantage of. |
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| A contagious and deadly disease effecting the lungs. |
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Immigrants suspected of having contagious diseases were placed in a special Ellis Island hospital in isolation
so as not to spread diseases. |
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| A highly contagious disease which effected mostly children. |
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A device used by doctors to flip your eyelids inside out
in order to check immigrants for trachoma. |
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| The Statue of Liberty was a gift from this country commemorating the alliance of France and the United States during the American Revolution. |
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| It was where 12 million immigrants were processed and was also known as the Registry Room... |
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| Ellis Island was also known as this, because 2% of all immigrants were denied entry into America and sent back to their country of origin. |
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| The first immigrant to be processed at Ellis Island on January 1, 1892 |
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| Those immigrants held for a while at Ellis Island and not allowed to enter the country for legal/medical reasons. |
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| Since 98% of all immigrants passed inspection, Ellis Island was nicknamed this. |
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| Immigrants who were denied entry to America and sent back to their country of origin. |
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| In 1924, strict immigration laws were passed to limit the number of people who could enter the country. |
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| What the steamship companies provided immigrants on board ship to America and reason why immigrants brought with them quilts, mattresses and pillows. |
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| Type of ship used to transport immigrants to America until the mid 1800's. |
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| Replaced sailing ships and cut the travel time to America in half. This mode of transportation was used to transport immigrants to America until the late 1800's. |
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| Most commonly traveled class of ticket for immigrants. |
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1. Shipwrecks
2. Sickness
3. Fires
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Three main worries immigrants had "on ship"
while on the long voyage to America. |
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Baggage Room
(ground floor)
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| First room immigrants entered upon arriving at Ellis Island. Baggage workers often time could tell what country people had come from by the type of luggage they carried and by the way they tied knots around their bundles. |
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| This was a sign posted for the nurses in the children's wards in order to keep disease from spreading. |
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| The walk up the stairs to the Registry Room was called this because it was said that doctors could diagnose 60 different immigrant illnesses in a matter of seconds. |
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1. Boston
2. Philadelphia
3. Baltimore
4. New Orleans
5. Galveston
6. San Fransisco |
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Immigrant Ports of entry to America
(other than New York-Ellis Island) |
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1. To escape catastrophes such as earthquakes and famine.
2. To escape religious or political persecution.
3. To avoid serving in the army of your country.
4. To escape deadly epidemics and sickness at home.
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| Reasons why people abandoned their homelands. |
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1. Rumors of food and candy falling from the sky and that the streets were paved in gold.
2. A chance for better jobs.
3. Land was cheap and plentiful.
4. Free education |
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Reasons which ATTRACTED (pulled)
people to come to America. |
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1. $10 (later changed to $25.00)
2. Money for a railroad ticket |
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| Two things needed by each immigrant in order to enter America. |
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All immigrants had to pass through here at the end of their medical/legal inspection. It was located at the end of the Great Hall.
Right - Led to railroad ticket office.
Left - Ferry to Manhattan.
Center - Much feared detention rooms |
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Board of Special Inquiry "SI"
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| Similar to a court of law for immigrants at Ellis Island, but you weren't allowed to have a lawyer speak for you. |
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1) Committed crimes in the old country
2. Had come to America with a promise of a job.
3. Inspectors thought you wouldn't be able to support yourself or your family.
4. If you had certain mental or physical problems that would keep you from being able to work.
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| A law saying that anyone over the age of 16 had to be able to read, any language...not necessarily English. |
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First/Second Class Tickets
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| Most expensive tickets on board ship. Immigration inspectors examined you while you were on board ship. If everything was ok...you did not have to pass through Ellis Island. |
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| The first thing immigrants saw upon arriving in New York Harbor. Some thought it was a statue of Christopher Columbus. |
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| Newspapers called immigrant ships this because so many were dying from Typhus or ship fever and cholera. |
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1. Difficulty breathing
2. Lameness (trouble walking)
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| Medical immigrations were looking for these two things of every immigrant walking up the stairs to the Great Hall in order to screen them for other more serious illnesses. |
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Seven Spikes in the Statue's Crown
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| Symbolize the seven seas and the seven continents. |
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