Ellis Island National Monument Online: Text and Visual Detai

"The Workers of Ellis Island" states that a full complement of staff was required to process thousands of immigrants a year. Which sentence from the passage best adds to the central idea that a major workforce was needed at Ellis Island?

• Activities, and school, were also available, including a recreation hall that showed movies every week.

• Both female and male nurses were required to live on the island and were assigned separate quarters.

• Besides conducting the line inspection, doctors played no role in deciding the fitness of a person to enter the country.

Which of the following details Can provide a historical context for the a photo?

• The size of the building in the photo

• how many people are smiling

• black and white coloring

Which detail provides a historical context for this photograph?

• the organized setting

• the lack of electronic medical equipment

• the lack of strong lighting

According to "The Workers of Ellis Island" the workforce was

• small

• disorderly

• well organized.

What was Ellis Island?

• An amusement park
• An immigration center in New Jersey
• An immigration center in New York
• The first capital of the United States

According to "The Workers of Ellis Island" the primary function of the Immigration Station on Ellis Island was to

• provide a comfortable environment for immigrants

• arrange for immigrants to have a seamless transition

• offer schooling and recreational activities f

• ensure that newcomers to the United States were fit to enter the country.

Read the details from "The Workers of Ellis Island" and think about the central idea they support.

Because he was only allowed to admit persons who were "clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to enter the United States," he had to be absolutely certain the person he was examining was not a member of one of the classes of persons barred from entering the country . . . .

Ellis Island doctors were particularly watching for signs of contagious diseases. Incurable diseases included trachoma and tuberculosis and guaranteed a return trip to where the immigrant came from.

Which supporting detail also supports the same central idea?

• Every single foreigner that entered the Port of New York was questioned—either on board ship or at Ellis Island itself.

• Throughout the years, numerous organizations offered aid to immigrants at Ellis Island.

Which is a reason people came to America?

• Baseball
• Colleges
• Job opportunities
• Vacation

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