Form 4: Ellis Island and the Eastern European Immigration Experience Exercise

Form 4: Ellis Island and the Eastern European Immigration Experience

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Form 4: Ellis Island and the Eastern European Immigration Experience

Learn about Ellis Island and the experiences of Eastern European immigrants arriving in America. Explore the inspection process and the journey toward building a new life.

Questions

  1. MultiChoice

    In what year did the primary federal immigration station at Ellis Island open?

  2. MultiChoice

    In which harbor is Ellis Island located?

  3. MultiChoice

    What national monument stands near Ellis Island in New York Harbor?

  4. MultiChoice

    Along with 'Island of Hope', what nickname was given to Ellis Island by anxious immigrants?

  5. MultiChoice

    What fraction of immigrants passing through Ellis Island were inspected and successfully allowed entry?

  6. MultiChoice

    What marking was placed on an immigrant's clothes if medical inspectors suspected illness?

  7. MultiChoice

    What large room on Ellis Island saw thousands of immigrants undergo health and legal checks daily?

  8. MultiChoice

    Which European region provided a huge wave of immigrants passing through Ellis Island after 1890?

  9. MultiChoice

    Why did many Jewish people leave Eastern Europe late in the 19th century?

  10. MultiChoice

    What primary travel document was required for immigrants travelling across the Atlantic?

  11. MultiChoice

    Where on steamships did most low-income immigrants sleep during the Atlantic voyage?

  12. MultiChoice

    What happened to immigrants found to have severe contagious diseases at Ellis Island?