What Was Ellis Island? Chapter 1

What did the local Native Americans first called the scrap of land where only seagulls lived?

(a)  

Who was Ellis Island named after?

(a)  

What year did the US government become the island's new owner?

(a)  

Ellis Island became the gateway to America for many waves of immigrants.

• True

• False

An "_____ ______ ______" meant that any immigrant who wanted to could move there.

(a)  

What year did the federal government take over immigration from the individual states?

(a)  

Where did a lot of the dirt for Ellis Island come from?

• building the twin towers

• making way for subways

• building the Rockefeller Plaza

• New Jersey

Ellis Island greeted its first immigrants on New Year's Day, 1892.

• True

• False

What was the name of the first immigrant to step foot on Ellis Island?

(a)  

During its first year, Ellis Island admitted nearly (a)   immigrants.