WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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Ellis Island, San Francisco
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Angel Island, San Francisco
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Angel Island, New York
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Ellis Island, New York
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Detailed explanation-1: -When Ellis Island opened, a great change was taking place in U.S. immigration. Fewer arrivals were coming from northern and western Europe-Germany, Ireland, Britain and the Scandinavian countries-as more and more immigrants poured in from southern and eastern Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ellis Island is a federally owned island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York, that was the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -About 12 million immigrants would pass through Ellis Island during the time of its operation, from 1892 to 1954. Many of them were from Southern and Eastern Europe. They included Russians, Italians, Slavs, Jews, Greeks, Poles, Serbs, and Turks. New immigrants flooded into cities.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Approximately 12 million people were processed through Ellis Island.