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    The Island lacked the resources needed for the immigrants. There were too many people coming to Ellis Island to have enough space to support them. This was not entirely the staff’s fault‚ however. As reported by Renee C. Rebman‚ Ellis Island had over 800‚000 processed passengers in 1905 alone‚ not including first and second class who had the privilege of going through at a different time than steerage (21). With such an immense number of immigrants coming in one year alone‚ it became burdensome

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    “ The streets are paved with gold-they aren’t paved at all‚ and I am expected to pave them”     This quote above makes you think of the times that immigrants arrived to America via ship to Ellis Island. The way I think of this quote is that yes i’m coming to America to start a new life‚ but it wont be easy at all. The streets have everything a person could want. Near me I have malls‚ restaurants‚ movies‚ jobs etc. and really‚ I don’t have to work incredibly hard to get these things‚ because thank

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    the immigrants arrived in the United States they had a choice to either go to Ellis Island or Angel Island. These islands were both considered stations or entry points where immigrants were either being examined and questioned. During the 1800-1900 Ellis Island was formed‚ immigrants at Ellis Island were known to be treated unfairly than Angel Island. Angel Island was considered to treat immigrants more fairly. Ellis

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    MARY CELESTE The Mary Celeste was a ghost ship found off the coast of Portugal in 1872. The Mary Celeste is a ship was discovered atlantic ocean unmanned and apparently abandoned and she was fine and the people and it remain a mystery. Her cargo was virtually untouched and her crew was never seen or heard from again. The crew’s disappearance was the greatest mystery of all time. Eyewitness Account The only eyewitness is Captain Morehouse. Captain Morehouse said that he thought that the crew

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    Kathia Sosa The Long Way Home An American Journey From Ellis Island To The Great War Monograph Essay Lone Star College Cy-Fair Laskin D. (2010) The Long Way Home An American Journey From Ellis Island To The Great War. New York. Harper. The Long Way Home an American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War is a book written by David Laskin about the struggles different immigrants went through over the period of coming to America and the Great War. Author David Laskin‚ graduated from

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    have shaped their identity. Mary Gordon puts these sentiments to paper in her writing’ More Than Just a Shrine: Paying Homage to the Ghosts of Ellis Island’‚ an essay reflecting on her ’search for self’ through exploration of her ancestors’ immigration to the US. She tells us‚ for example‚ "The minute I set foot upon the island I could feel all that it stood for: insecurity‚ obedience‚ anxiety‚ dehumanization‚ the terrified and careful deference of the displaced" (Gordon 409). Gordon’s ability to

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    through a series of events to get to Ellis Island and my experience there is worth telling. I will tell you about my voyage there‚ the very maddening inspections‚ and all my little experiences in-between and after. Let me tell you about my journey to get to Ellis Island. As you know‚ I went to Ellis Island to live with my mother since my father had passed away roughly 7 years ago and I was living with my aunt and uncle in Italy. My mother had gone to Ellis Island a few years previous to my own journey

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    This is a creative essay on Ellis Island‚ describing life as an immigrant who went to Ellis Island through first-person. All facts and dates are historically correct. I come from Spain. My name is Carmina Diaz. I immigrated because of the Cristero War‚ in Spain. The war was actually a rebellion of the Roman Catholics in Spain who were persecuted by the government. There were dangers such as raids and the death toll was growing higher every day. Being a Catholic Christian family who simply wanted

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    for their physical. 2. Discuss two examples of miscommunication between immigrants and staff at Ellis Island? • Miscommunication between the immigrants and staff at Ellis Island were common because of language barrier and customs from different culture. 3. What was the first health test given to immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island? • The first health test given to immigrants who arrived at Ellis

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    to America. I’m just thinking about all the things I could be able to do. We had one last breakfast together and it was the best meal that I had all year. But that breakfast was the most important because we were going to leave my mother hear at Ellis Island because we didn’t have enough money to take her. The journey will be hard without her‚ but me and my brother‚ Connor‚ would be traveling together. Connor is a little bit younger than me though so I would have to look out for him. Soon after dinner

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