Ellis Island Test

Ellis Island was often called "The Island of Hope."

• True

• False

_____________ are people who leave their homeland behind, hoping for a better life.

The purpose of Ellis Island was to check immigrants and weed out the sick and unfit.

• True

• False

How many years has the Statue or Liberty stood as a symbol of freedom?

Who was Ellis Island named after?

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

• True

• False

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?

Some immigrants wore all their clothes in layer upon layer in order to bring them all.

• True

• False

Immigrants could only bring what they could carry or wear.

• True

• False