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Ellis Island was home to the biggest immigration port on the east coast, welcoming millions of Immigrants to the country

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People came from countries all around the world to escape famine, genocide, poverty or religious prosecution

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Ellis Island was successful in bringing millions of immigrants to this country in hopes of a better life. A large majority of the american people are descendant from an immigrant who passed through Ellis Island.

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Ellis Island wasn't always a happy place

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Passengers who didn't have a lot of money had to travel on the less comfortable parts of the ship. Once they arrived they had to wait for hours until they could even get a medical exam.

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If they passed the medical exams then they had to go to interrogation to prove their identity and their plans for living. Some people were sent back if they didn't pass these steps.