Ellis Island

When Ellis Island was very first built there were many problems with the structure of the building and how it was built. These problems would come to impact Ellis Island the older it got. At first, the building was built with pine and a slate roof. In addition, there was not enough room for the amount of immigrants they were receiving. The immigrants had no place to stay when they were being processed, the lines that they had to wait in were too narrow and the roof was always leaking on them. (Sonia Benson, Ellis Island) In favor of the rapid pace of immigration in June of 1897 the building burned down. This event led to the government being forced to build a safer building for the immigrants and all of the workers working there. Ellis Island continued to develop and over time everything continued to improve. In 1900 the new building was complete which allowed immigrants to come to America and encounter their dreams. With the new building Ellis Island was allowing more immigrants and…

Ellis Island, located in New York Harbor, was the largest immigration station in America. It was created in response to the nation’s growing concerns of the unmanaged influx of immigrants and to handle the immorality and the nepotism that bogged down the entire system, as shown at the Castle Garden station. Ellis Island changed the lives of many Americans and immigrants alike and set a new course of American history. Ellis Island was owned by Samuel Ellis around the American Revolution, but…

The guide informs the reader of various pieces of data concerning Ellis Island through a selection of divergent language techniques. The information is aimed towards an audience of tourists from around the world and Americans who have a passion for seeking the history of their family and finding out the occurrences in the lives of their ancestors. The background image of the title is an American flag waving in the breeze. It is a symbol of National identity. The picture has been taken of the…

Before the federal government took over control of immigration in the 1890’s, Ellis Island was just another piece of land in New York Harbor. As it was called Gibbet Island back then, it was named after the wooden post, or gibbet, where the bodies of the convicted were displayed. It was a place where convicted pirates were hanged to the gallows in the 1820’s until 1839, “it would be their last chance to witness such a horrific spectacle in Gibbet Island” (Cannato pg. 23). Since Congress wasn’t…

Ellis Island was a destination and a dream for many immigrants who wanted to start a new life. But for some Ellis island was a bad place because they had had heard stories about people being deported because of their bad manifests or documents about their history that where bad, for example like being a thief. But what had concerned most people was and the long, hard enduring journey that they had to face. “Ellis island was where all the immigrants went to find a new life” (Sandler, 7-8)…

Immigrants progressed to U.S to have a great job and better lives. About reason are religious intimidations, war in a home country that tears apart a region, and economic poverty in a home country. Immigrants remained required to permit a series of medical and legal assessments by they could enter America. The real understanding of working thought inspection or detainment or Ellis Island was often not ever wracking. Persons who did not pass these inspections were returned to their country of…

Twelve million immigrants who were processed through Ellis Island ended up having tens of millions of children and grandchildren, who heard many different stories about their life as an immigrant (Yans-McLaughlin 59). They sacrificed everything to start a better life in America for themselves and their family. The majority of the time, they did it even if it meant they would have nothing and would be struggling to begin their life in America. Passing as an immigrant through Ellis Island was…

Ellis island was an immigration station that processed over 12 million immigrants from 1892-1954. Of the 12 million people that immigrated, about 2% were turned away because they were considered “unfit” to enter the country. In some peak years, 10 to 15 percent of those processed were forced to return home. Immigrants were rejected if they were weak in the mind, mentally or physically unstable, had a criminal record or had a disease. About half the current American population can trace their…

started saving to come to Ellis Island, it would be a dream come true to finally come to America. Even though we were heartbroken about our parents death we couldn't live in Italy any longer. On January 12, 1905 is the day we left our home in Camgoli, Italy to come to America. Before we get to the boat we have to go on a 3 hour train ride. Finally, when we get to the boat we are put on the bottom of the ship,…

learning assignment on migration, I knew a lot about the general topic of migration. I have actually visited Ellis Island, which many immigrants and migrants stopped before entering into New York City. I learned about the history of people who migrated from other countries to come to the United States. However, my group decided to approach our project in a more specific way. We focused on three famous people who migrated to the United States from different parts of the world, and who made a huge…