WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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Liberty Island, Philadelphia
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Ellis Island, New York
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Angel Island, San Francisco California
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Fantasy Island, Ricardo Montebon, California
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -After an arduous sea voyage, immigrants arriving at Ellis Island were tagged with information from their ship’s registry; they then waited on long lines for medical and legal inspections to determine if they were fit for entry into the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -The new structure on Ellis Island began receiving arriving immigrants on January 1, 1892. Annie Moore, a teenage girl from Ireland, accompanied by her two younger brothers, made history as the very first immigrant to be processed at Ellis Island.
Detailed explanation-4: -As mentioned above, most Italian immigrants arrived at Ellis Island, New York, where they needed to pass mental and physical examinations. Immigrants also needed to answer a number of questions to determine whether they could be admitted to the United States.