Ellis Island Poem Analysis
Ellis Island, established in January 1st, 1892 opened as three large ships wait to land. 700 immigrants passed through Ellis Island that day, and nearly 450,000 followed over the course of that first year.
Ellis Island located in Upper New York Bay, was the hope for over 12 million immigrants, making the Ellis Island as the country's busiest immigrant station from 1892 until 1954.
Workers tested immigrants in the Great Hall shown in the picture to see if the foreigners were eligible to work in factories.
Many newcomers got rejected for illness or mental illness.
Workers could not pronounce some immigrants last name so they would change it.
Ellis Island gave jobs to over 12 million outsiders who lived there and made very little.
On June 15, 1897, with about 200 immigrants on the …show more content…
Poems saying how this was not at all like they thought. They also were explaining in their poems how excited they were to start a new life.
Here is an example of a poem found in one of the buildings on the island.
I am distressed that we Chinese are in this wooden building It is actually racial barriers which cause difficulties on Yingtai Island. Even while they are tyrannical they still
claim to be humanitarian. I should regret my taking the risks of coming in the first place. ~ Unknown Author
This poem goes to show that the place they have arrived was not what it seemed.
Over the years, it was suggested a number of times that the Immigration process be moved to another location. The island had been described as, expensive and inconvenient. In 1940, the government decided to move immigration services to the mainland (California), their decision had finally ended. A fire had destroyed the administration building in August of that year. On November 5th, the last group of about 200 immigrants, many were Chinese were transferred from Angel Island to temporary quarters in San
Ellis Island located in Upper New York Bay, was the hope for over 12 million immigrants, making the Ellis Island as the country's busiest immigrant station from 1892 until 1954.
Workers tested immigrants in the Great Hall shown in the picture to see if the foreigners were eligible to work in factories.
Many newcomers got rejected for illness or mental illness.
Workers could not pronounce some immigrants last name so they would change it.
Ellis Island gave jobs to over 12 million outsiders who lived there and made very little.
On June 15, 1897, with about 200 immigrants on the …show more content…
Poems saying how this was not at all like they thought. They also were explaining in their poems how excited they were to start a new life.
Here is an example of a poem found in one of the buildings on the island.
I am distressed that we Chinese are in this wooden building It is actually racial barriers which cause difficulties on Yingtai Island. Even while they are tyrannical they still
claim to be humanitarian. I should regret my taking the risks of coming in the first place. ~ Unknown Author
This poem goes to show that the place they have arrived was not what it seemed.
Over the years, it was suggested a number of times that the Immigration process be moved to another location. The island had been described as, expensive and inconvenient. In 1940, the government decided to move immigration services to the mainland (California), their decision had finally ended. A fire had destroyed the administration building in August of that year. On November 5th, the last group of about 200 immigrants, many were Chinese were transferred from Angel Island to temporary quarters in San