can go back to several different decades and towards even centuries‚ and therefore‚ we should thus specify our time and landmark of New York City. For this purpose‚ let us zoom in on a specific place that holds memories of many Americans from the past to present. Let us look at Ellis Island‚ and its historical context in relevance to New York City. Let us examine its evolution and its impact to not only New York‚ but towards the entire country of United States of America. What is Ellis Island
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that has played an exceptional role in shaping the history and culture of America: Ellis Island. You may be wondering what is Ellis Island? Well‚ Ellis Island was the center of US immigration in the late 1800s and the early 1900s.Where immigrants from all over came to start a new life in the United States of America. Ellis Island is located in the Port of New York and New Jersey. I remember learning about Ellis Island in 3rd grade and actually going there made me understand a lot more‚ on a more personal
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Will Fontana 1/6/010 Immigration poem Ellis Island Here I stand so famous and remembered‚ I closed in a day in the month of November. My doors are open‚ and are often called gold‚ Once you past this door you’ll never be sold. Thousands upon thousands come everyday‚ The immigrants come through the NYC bay. The second-class people never go through me‚ While some people wait and never get through me. I closed in the years of 1954‚ But it didn’t take long to polish up my doors
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take advantage of using their lunch period in a right manner. Why not bring back the healthy snacks? School vending machines bring many benefits into consideration. Think about the amount of money these snack machines can make. Half the profit can go into good charities if it’s thought well. It can also help to purchase any supplies‚ material the school would need. We should have vending machines because students would then have to take responsibility in spending their money wisely‚ which will then
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The cause of Ellis Island started out as a tiny bit of island. Millions of immigrant’s first stop to America was Ellis Island. The small island was in New York City from 1892 to 1954. If immigrants haven’t gone through Ellis Island‚ they couldn’t go in the U.S. yet. Most immigrants came from Europe. The people from Europe mostly came from Italy‚ Greece‚ Hungary‚ Poland‚ and Russia. Many of the Europeans were escaping from horrible problems‚ that’s why they came to America. A mother from Russia
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The United States During the nineteenth century a large number of Irish Catholics immigrated to America in hope of escaping The Great Famine‚ as well as the persecution imposed by the British Penal Laws. The incredibly dangerous journey from Ireland to Ellis Island foreshadowed the hardships that were to come for the Irish. Con artists recognized the overwhelming challenges the Irish faced and capitalized on their naivety. Many Irish were duped into living in overpriced tenement housing with unbearable
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Ellis island was an immigration station from 1892-1954 in the United States. Ellis Island in the New York harbor was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States‚ having millions of immigrants pass through the island making it the site of the nations busiest immigrant inspection station. The name “Ellis Island” brings back many memories and historical associations both good and bad. The great wave of immigration from southern and eastern Europe that took place in America in the late
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In the video Forgotten Ellis Island‚ I was able to learn about a place I had never heard of in detail before‚ the Ellis Island Hospital. I was amazed by the fact that around 6‚000 immigrants were checked daily. That is a significant amount of people. It was also interesting to see that many immigrants were cared for and sometimes even cured. However‚ the hospital had its issues. One of them was the fact that many families got separated because of the health condition of its members. I cannot imagine
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think of Ellis Island‚ you usually think of a historical landmark. But Ellis Island has a long and interesting history to it. Back in the 1800s‚ Samuel Ellis owned Ellis Island. He made the island into a picnic place for the Swedish. It was purchased in 1808 by the Federal Government to be used as a Government Arsenal Fort. The need for immigration was first realized in 1847 when a severe potato famine in Ireland led to thousands of starving people storming into New England and New York. Ellis Island
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Ellis Island was the home to many new immigrants that came into the United States. There were more than 12 million immigrants who passed through Ellis Island between the years of 1892 and 1954. Ellis Island was the gateway to a new life to many new people. It was the land of new opportunities and new dreams for many. In the 1770’s the island was sold to a man named Samuel Ellis. Later on‚ the U.S War Department bought the Island for $10‚000. Years later‚ Ellis Island turned into the Immigration
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