Immigrants and Ellis Island
Alexis France 12/15/15 period 3
Smiley Jann and Tet Yee poems
little to do on an isolated island, some detainees passed the time by expressing their feelings in poetry that they brushed or carved into the wooden walls. Others simply waited, fearing deportation, yet hoping for a favorable response to their appeals. Many of the poems carved into the walls are still legible today.
Eye examination for Ellis island
The immigrants would be lined all the way from the 1st floor all the way to the 2nd floor.
Angel island
- The immigration station started at an area know as China cove, it was designed to control the flow of china.
- 1870's an economic downturn resulted in serious unemployment problems and led to politically motivated outcries against immigrants who would work for low wages.
Ellis island
- Europeans traveled to this island to be admitted into the United States.
- Immigrants would have to take a citizenship test and they also had a physical test done, it would take at least 3-5 hours but could take up to 1 days it just depends on the paperwork.
- 12 million immigrants come over through to Ellis island between 1892-1954