WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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you only had $25
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you were in good physical health
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you were obviously sick/ill
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you were able to work
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Detailed explanation-1: -Detained for Medical or Legal Reasons About one percent were detained if suspected of a “loath-some or a dangerous contagious disease.” Immigrants with curable diseases were sent to medical facilities on Ellis Island. In other cases, hospitals in Manhattan received immigrants who were ill.
Detailed explanation-2: -Any immigrant suspected of being in questionable health was chalk-marked with a letter of the alphabet ("B” for back problems, “F” for face, “H” for heart) and taken out of line and moved to a physical or mental examination room. Those with definite illnesses were sent to the Ellis Island Hospital.
Detailed explanation-3: -1900s. Immigrants arriving in the US on Ellis Island were checked for trachoma using a buttonhook to examine their eyelids – they often warned each other to ‘beware the buttonhook men’. Anyone found to have the disease was sent home or treated before being allowed into the country.
Detailed explanation-4: -7. What did doctors do if they thought an immigrant was sick ? They put a chalk mark on the immigrant’s clothes.