Immigration

How many immigrants entered Ellis Island?

• 1200 immigrants

• 12000 immigrants

• 12 million immigrants

• 40 million immigrants

The Kissing Post was

• a place they kicked immigrants off the Island

• where family and friends waited for a table

• where family and friends waited for loved ones

• Where family and friends waved goodbye

Why did Immigrant come to America?

• Poverty, Religious intolerances

• Good food

• Free housing and free meals

• Being poor

Why were the immigrants struggling when exiting the ferry?

• unsure of language

• not enough room on cart

• carrying trunks, clothes and sacks

• no bell boys

Emigrate means to leave ones country for another?

• Maybe

• False

• sometimes

• True

Steerage is a cramped, lower level of the boat for people who come into America?

• True

• False

Did immigrants carry their belongings with them throughout Ellis Island?

• True

• False

In the Registry Room what type of inspections were the immigrants waiting for?

• Medical and Legal

• Medicine and Visa's

• Visa's work and school

• Only Medical

Ellis Island would send immigrants home for the following reasons?

• Trachoma

• Being a single lady

• Teenager under 16 years of age

• All of the above

When each steamship crew arrived they gave Ellis Island What?

• Starving immigrants

• Medicine not up to date

• Medical and legal information

• Manifest