USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Steerage refers to the lowest possible category of long-distance steamer travel. It was available to very poor people, usually emigrants seeking a new life in the New World, chiefly North America and Australia. In many cases these people had no financial resources and were attempting to escape destitution at home.

Detailed explanation-2: -Steerage. The part of a passenger ship reserved for those traveling at the cheapest rate.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cabin class passengers were usually accommodated below the poop deck with steerage passengers below the main deck. Steerage passengers were further separated into single men, married couples and children, while single women were strictly segregated from all other passengers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most immigrants entered the United States through New York Harbor, although there were other ports of entry in cities such as Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, San Francisco, and New Orleans.

Detailed explanation-5: -On a ship, steerage is the lower level where cargo is stored or where passengers with the very cheapest tickets are accommodated. Most senses of this noun are pretty old-fashioned today.