USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Contents. Ellis Island is a historical site that opened in 1892 as an immigration station, a purpose it served for more than 60 years until it closed in 1954. Located at the mouth of Hudson River between New York and New Jersey, Ellis Island saw millions of newly arrived immigrants pass through its doors.

Detailed explanation-2: -Around 1890, it became apparent that Castle Garden was ill-equipped and unprepared to handle the mass influx, leading the Federal government to construct a new immigration station on Ellis Island.

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: -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-5: -Most people who came to Ellis Island were from eastern and southern Europe. Many came because they were desperate to escape the poverty of their homelands. In the past, most immigrants (people from other countries) had come to America from western Europe, including Britain and Germany.