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Ellis Island

Ellis Island. By: Julissa Young. Immigrants. People mainly came from Europe, others came from Asia, West Indies, or the Middle East. Ethnic groups: Irish, Polish, British, German, Russian, Jewish, Greek, Arab, and other ethnics.

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Ellis Island

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  1. Ellis Island By: Julissa Young

  2. Immigrants • People mainly came from Europe, others came from Asia, West Indies, or the Middle East. • Ethnic groups: Irish, Polish, British, German, Russian, Jewish, Greek, Arab, and other ethnics. • Left because of famine, high taxes, population, religious persecution, war , leaders, poverty, and other problems. • In 1921, 560,971 left Ellis island and made it to America.

  3. Quota Law • This law passed and caused more problems to Ellis Island. • Number of European nationality entered in a given year, could not exceed three percent of its foreign people that lived in the U.S. in 1910. • 1924, the immigration act still restricted immigrants, and also provided examination and qualification of immigrants at U.S. consulates overseas. • Funds from the Public Works Administration permitted the landfill recreation on the Manhattan side of the building.

  4. Inspection • Immigrants brought diseases, disabilities, and physical conditions that doctors had to look out for. • They had to be healthy when entering America. • Some didn’t have to go through that because they didn’t have any sickness or any other troubles.

  5. Ellis Island Today • Its now a historical site. • People from around the world come and go from America. • Some people find their ancestors that have been through Ellis Island. • Problem is that people that come here are terrorist and cause trouble with our country.

  6. Arizona Law • April 23, 2010 the states Governor Jan Brewer sign S.B. 1070 in to law. • It lets the police question anyone that they suspect as an illegal “alien”, and to detain them if they can not give proof of their status. • Lawsuits are trying to challenge the law, and groups and governments entities are using boycott in place.

  7. Work Cited • Camarota, Steven. "Immigrants in the United States, 2007." Immigrants in the United States, 2007. Immigrants in the United States, 2007, n.d. Web. 25 Feb 2011. <http://www.cis.org/articles/2007/back1007.html>. • "Ellis Island- Timeline." The Statue Of Liberty- Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.. The Statue Of Liberty- Ellis Island Foundation, Inc., 2010. Web. 21 Feb 2011. http://www.ellisisland.org/genealogy/ellis_island_timeline.asp. • "Arizonia Immigration Law Center." FindLaw. N.p., 2011. Web. 21 Feb 2011. <http://immigration.findlaw.com/arizona-immigration-law-center/?DCMP=KNC-Immigration-Law&HBX_PK=arizona+immigration+law&HBX_OU=50> • "Ellis Island Today." Oracle ThinkQuest//. Oracle ThinkQuest, n.d. Web. 25 Feb 2011. <http://library.thinkquest.org/5101/ellis.island.today.htm • Hamblin, Colin. "Ellis Island." N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Feb 2011. <http://sydaby.eget.net/swe/ellis_island.htm.>.

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