WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Select the TRUE statement about Angel Island
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The questioning was harsh
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It was located in New York
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It was the arrival point for European Americans
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You were processed very quickly
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -It functioned as both an immigration and deportation facility, at which some 175, 000 Chinese and about 60, 000 Japanese immigrants were detained under oppressive conditions, generally from two weeks to six months, before being allowed to enter the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -Katharine Maurer spent close to thirty years providing assistance to thousands of immigrants who were detained on Angel Island and continued assisting immigrants in San Francisco after the Administration Building fire in 1940 closed the Immigration Station.
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