Ellis Island

Ellis Island is in...

• Washington D.C.

• New York harbour

• San Francisco

• Seattle harbour

How many immigrants went through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954?

• 10 million

• 12 million

• 15 million

• 20 million

People emigrated to the USA because of:

• political instability

• restrictive religious laws

• deteriorating economic conditions

• deteriorating climate conditions

The first immigrant going through Ellis Island was ....

• Anne Moore

• Annie Wood

• Annie Moore

• Anne Poor

On June 14th 1897, Ellis Island was destroyed by.... and rebuilt.

• a fire

• a bomb

• a flood

• an earthquake

Who could avoid the inspection?

• first class passengers

• second class passengers

• third class passengers

• steerage class passengers

In the end, the medical exam took...

• 6 seconds

• 6 minutes

• 10 minutes

• an hour

• 30 minutes

Doctors used this instrument to check for...

• trachoma

• lice (des poux)

• breathing trouble

• deafness

Immigrants were asked....

• 20 questions

• 19 questions

• 29 questions

• 30 questions

• 39 questions

In fact, only ........ were rejected and sent back.

• 2%

• 5%

• 10%

• 12%