Ellis Island

How many Americans are descended from immigrants who passed through Ellis Island?

• 1 million

• 100 thousand

• 100 million

• 10 million

Migrants fleeing poverty and ____________or just trying to start a new life.

How were passengers divided?

• wealth and health

• class and character

• wealth

• wealth and clsss

Steerage class was ___________ with shared sleeping and no privacy

• underpopulated

• clean and tidy

• overcrowded and unsanitary

• free

What were health officers looking for?

• signs of disease

• medicine

• criminals

• healthy immigrants

Why do you think they had to walk upstairs to register?

• To give them exercise after a long journey.

• To allow doctors to assess them on their way up.

• To put them in a neat line.

The Medical exam was the first thing that happened once on Ellis Island.

• True

• False

How many immigrants were deported back home?

• 20%

• None

• 2%

• 22%