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There were many people who got their start in America. Claudette Colbert came from Paris, France in 1911. Later ,Claudette became a famous Broadway actress and film star. I feel like she would be super proud of  herself for accomplishing something that great. Irving Berlin came to Ellis Island in 1892, and is a songwriter who wrote the song called White Christmas.  Harry Houdini, came from Hungary in 1914. Later, Harry became a famous stuntman, and magician. I often wonder how all these people became famous, but then I realize it takes a lot of hard work and practice.

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As soon as immigrants see the Statue of Liberty they must feel excited because this is the end of their journey on the boat. They then pass it and are greeted by Ellis Island, then the boat will dock on the side of the island. Almost right after the immigrants would stay in a long line for many hours. Waiting for when they finally are able to get checked for sickness. If they had any form of illness immigrants would be sent home free of charge but probably frustrated. After immigrants then pass that test they have to take a reading test, and a legal test to be pardoned by the government. After all that they would have to walk up a long and tall set of stairs. If the immigrants were not strong enough or were too tired they would be sent back to their

home country, and everything immigrants had just done would be for nothing.

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Getting through Ellis Island

Immigrants would walk up stairs where health officials were waiting to see if immigrants struggled, they could be sent back to their home country. Why did it take so little to be sent home? Maybe they just did not want sickness in America. Once they got past that they would be checked for disease with a tool called the Buttonhook. The buttonhook was a tool used to lift up the eye of the patient to check for Trachoma . After they passed that then came the legal inspection where officers would check The immigrants legal history. Officers would then ask 29 questions such as ¨what's your name¨ or ¨how old are you¨ and so on. If they passed all those they made it to the kissing post nicknamed that because of the hugs and kisses exchanged by family members. After that it was finally time to call America home.

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The trip to America

Immigrants are on the ship, and it’s really uncomfortable for them because they barely get fresh air, they don’t get a lot of food and water and seasick passengers get sick and their vomit covers up the whole deck of the ship. It’s also packed with hundreds of immigrants and it left with no space on the steerage deck. It was so packed in steerage that every person there was squished and had almost no space to breathe.  When they were on board, they were looking forward to passing all of the tests to enter America. First and second class passengers always come first out of the ship and then after a few hours, the steerage passengers come out of the ship exhausted. It must have been unfair for steerage passengers to wait so long in the ship and come out late while first and second class passengers always came out first. Immigrants will get angry or frustrated because they had to wait in the ship for so long. It’s hard to wait in a ship for a long time.

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Journey to America The boat has come, and immigrant’s are happy. Immigrant’s from all over the world are getting in the boat. It would be crowded and noisy. While on the boat, immigrant’s would see the sea, sun, and sky. Immigrant’s would see that for weeks and weeks. This was probably one of the hardest things immigrants would have to do while on the journey to Ellis Island. Many immigrants would have kids or babies they would have to carry and take care of along the way. Immigrant’s would also have a bag or bags full of belongings in them. Immigrant’s would only be able to get limited things, like certain clothes, pictures and other belongings because they would have to take care of what they needed.  It was probably hard for immigrants to carry all this if they were alone. And a little bit frustrating for immigrants to get limited things with them. Some immigrant’s would get ill or a disease while on the boat, causing them to most likely not be able to pass the medical exam which is a part of the process of entering Ellis Island.

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On the way to Ellis Island

Immigrants were on a boat for one to two weeks. Immigrants had to pack one bag of their things. It must have been hard to choose what they wanted and it all had to go in one. They probably had to do that because there would not be space for all the immigrants to get in the boat. There were a lot of immigrants and a lot from different places who will cross different oceans and different boats like immigrants from Europe will have to cross the  Atlantic Ocean. Immigrants from Asia will cross the Pacific Ocean. On their way to Ellis Island they will get to have a great view of the Statue of liberty. What if you could see that? That will be awesome, but there was more to see on their way to get to Ellis Island.

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Journey to America

Millions of immigrants were on their way to the “Best Life” in a boat with all of their belongings in a small bag on their back. The immigrants were squished together for two full weeks. A lot of immigrants were sea sick because of how long the immigrants were on the boat and not with fresh air. The immigrants are only on the top of the boat for a little bit and are on the top of the boat for a little bit of time for a little bit of fresh air. The immigrants already just wanted to get off the boat so they could get off and be free.

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Ellis Islands old days

In 1774 right before the Revolutionary War, an American man named Samuel Ellis bought the little Island and named it after himself. Later on, the US government took over Ellis Island and used it to store gunpowder. In 1890 The US government chose Ellis Island as a new immigration station and two years later it started, Ellis Island was officially open. As waves of immigration came to America, in the early 1900's millions of immigrants passed through Ellis Island. In 1907 Ellis Island hit its peak when 11,747 immigrants passed through Ellis Island in one day. In 1914 World War 1 began and in 1917 America joined the war. At this time immigration stopped because the water was no longer safe. Ellis Island started again when the war ended.

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Boat Ride

Many people from different countries decided to immigrate to Ellis Island but the trip over was so hard, this

makes me think why people came? People decided to come because of money, work, education, health, and a better future. Immigrants traveled on steam ships. Europe to America - crossed the Atlantic Ocean. Immigrants shopped the cheapest tickets to come to America, so they traveled in steerage. Voyage took about twelve days.

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Ellis Island

First, the immigrants had to get off the boat, but only 75% of them went to Ellis Island and the other 25% would go right into America. If an immigrant went to Ellis Island, they would go to the baggage room and drop their luggage for a baggage inspection. Then immigrants would go to the registry room and wait in a long line to get an inspection. Next immigrants would go to the medical exam and if they were suspected with a disease, they would be marked with chalk. After that immigrants would take a legal inspection where they had to answer 29 questions. The third to last room would be the dettiles where if an immigrant had a disease they would most likely be sent back to their home country. I think the immigrant’s family back home would be angry because they didn't make it into the new country and used a lot of money. The second to last would be the Stairs of Separation, where immigrants were separated and were sent to their destination. The last stop is the kissing post where immigrants would meet their families but to let their family know when to arrive, their family was either sent a letter or they would find out from a newspaper. I think they would probably get a letter so then everyone won't know.

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The History of Ellis Island

The history of Ellis Island had a lot of ups and downs. Before Ellis Island was built, it was called Gull island and was just a little piece of mud, Gull Island was owned by Sam Ellis. Shortly after Gull Island was sold to New York for about ten-thousand  dollars, and renamed to Ellis Island. Ellis Island was then turned into a immigration station and first opened on January first, 1815, wow! A piece of mud to a immigration station, thats crazy! So much progress has occurred, the builders of New York were probably really motivated! Later in 1897, a fire began and destroyed all of Ellis Island's original buildings. Ellis Island's buildings were built again. I wonder how the fire began, if that happened to me, most of my hard work would be gone. I would have quit. Ellis Island reopened in the 1900s.

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Ellis Island changing over time

Once Ellis Island closed in 1954 the island changed. For one example it changed into a detention and deportation island for immigrants. After that  the US government took over it. Ellis Island also was used to store gunpowder. Ellis Island was also used in the war of 1812. Then Samuel Ellis bought the island and that is how Ellis Island got its name. Also Ellis Island was used for WW1 too. I wonder if Ellis Island is going to change in the future? This might happen but will probably not since there is probably not going to be another war in the future and any other big events coming up. One more thing is that the British took over it right before the revolutionary war happend. After everything Ellis Island has been turned into it is now a museum. People can also trace their family when they go to Ellis Island. Probably after a while Ellis Island will stay as a museum or change into something else. It must have been hard to change Ellis Island in a short amount of time.If Ellis Island changed like that in a short amount of time then it would require a lot of work.

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Arriving at Ellis Island

Two weeks later when the immigrants were finally in New York. Immigrants got on top of the boat and looked outside and saw New York and the Statue of Liberty. When the immigrants saw the Statue of Liberty and how big it was they must have been really surprised. When they arrived at Ellis Island, the guards placed down a plank for the immigrants to get off the boat. After getting off the boat, immigrants carried their luggages into Ellis Island and continued. Immigrants got inspected for diseases. If the immigrants didn´t pass the inspections and had diseases, they would have to stay in the dormitory before going back to their home in Europe. More than half of the immigrants had diseases and weren't responsible and strong enough to continue. This might be important because their families would have got mad because they used a lot of money and didn’t go through Ellis Island. Immigrants who went on to the kissing post had gone through Ellis Island.

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Passing through Ellis Island

When immigrants arrived at Ellis Island. Immigrants had to go through many tests to see if they were allowed in Ellis Island. Immigrants did a health check and if the immigrants had diseases or infections, the immigrants would have to be sent home or they would be treated in the Ellis Island hospital. If the immigrants passed that test they would move on and the immigrants would have to be asked at least ninety-two questions such as, Are you married? Where were you born?,  and How much money do you have? It makes me think why did the immigrants have to be asked personal questions? Probably it’s because Ellis Island personnel wanted to make sure that the immigrants were good enough to stay there. Then after that test there were many other tests that the immigrants went through, and if the immigrants passed those tests they were sent to their rooms. They stayed in dormitory rooms on the third floor of Ellis Island. In the dormitory rooms. Immigrants were normally with people that were in the same culture or spoke the same language. Once they had settled. Immigrants started working hard and earning money. After many years later, when Ellis Island had finally closed. Immigrants who traveled to Ellis Island, their names would be engraved on a wall. Many people can trace their ancestors back to Ellis Island.

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The stops of Ellis Island

Ellis Island immigration boat started to unload full of immigrants. The guards come and bring them to the first stop as they arrive. They enter the baggage room and put down their baggage to be checked. Next they arrived at the stairs. Here the unfit people who had a problem getting up the stairs were identified and sent back. Ellis Island's registry room is the start of the immigration process.  After the registry room, they were taken to the medical exam room where they are tested for diseases. Anyone who had a disease was sent back or was treated. Next they were then taken to stop number seven where they were asked 29 questions about why they were there, where they came from and other questions. Immigrants walked to the isle of hope with there heart beating fast and rapidly and there are very excited to become a american citizen Then, when they complete processing were kept in the detainment center, known as both ¨the Isle of Hope'' and ¨The Isle of Tears¨ reflecting sadness or the joy in their futures.

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After arriving, they do inspections, and other things to make sure the immigrants aren’t sick and aren’t a threat to people. I would be angry if I was considered to be a threat! The immigrants? Probably. But all of this happened when they reached the registry room. After people were inspected and checked, sick people had to have their case reviewed by judges and see if they were allowed to go into America as soon as they got out. This must have been stressful. The doctors at Ellis island created a system to know which immigrants needed special attention. They called the first test the “six second physical”.

Doctors looked for signs of illness or contagious diseases. If they were confirmed a risk to the public, their clothes would be marked with chalk. After all of the stages, you will reach the “kissing post”. You will meet up with your family and reunite! The long, tough, grueling journey was now over. You are amazing, immigrants!

Lucas Palmer

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350 babies  were born on Ellis Island along with 3,500 dieing out of twelve million immigrants who passed through from 1892 to 1954.
When people were off  the boat , and were checked for obvious signs of sickness, and danger, Immigrants  would  climb steps because doctors would see if anybody was uneasy, or wobbly to check If immigrants were not fit enough to be in America . Next they  would get a six second physical, and a tool called a buttonhook would be put into immigrants  eyes.  It must have been a painful experience because it was sharp! Buttonhooks were used to check for a disease which was not in America, but around  the world. Then if the immigrants were healthy enough they  would be stamped for safety or would be deported if failed.

Afterwards if they passed the medical exam they would be interviewed in the “great hall'' where immigration officials would interview them, and they would get a pass if  they were not dangerous.  Immigration officials  would fit their name to an American one . Subsequently letting  immigrants leave for New York City or beyond!

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Going to Ellis Island

Getting to America wasn't very easy,

Immigrants from all over the world had come to America and many other places. There were a lot of immigrants coming on a boat because they wanted freedom, better pay and more. Immigrants first had to travel the Atlantic ocean by voyage. The trip lasted a long time, it lasted 12 days. On the boat to Ellis Island there were three levels: first class, second class and steerage. First and second class had comfortable cabins and fresh air. Steerage had a small space where immigrants sat tightly together with no fresh air or good food. Immigrants were in steerage because they didn't pay enough money to go in second or first class.

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Landing at Ellis Island

Landing at Ellis Island was a very exciting experience but one that would make you cry because seeing the Statue of Liberty, the beacon of hope and freedom for the US, that will make you cry no problem. There are several steps when you land at Ellis Island, like taking a ferry from the boat, converting your money to american currency, and filling out paperwork. People also get medical checks to make sure they have no diseases. If they have diseases they might get sent back to their original country. I wonder what it would be like if the boats to Ellis Island were modern barges. I think that the trip to Ellis Island would be shorter because they would have more speed. There would need to be less barges because they can get back and forth much faster. I also wonder if diseases would spread less because they would get to Ellis Island faster and there would be less time for the disease to infect other people.

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Bhumi. G                                                         Immigrants facing challenges

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Bhumi. G                                                         Immigrants facing challenges

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Finally when the immigrants were at Ellis Island they had to do tests to get to America. They had to get asked some questions about what they do, are they coming alone extra. If the immigrants came with diseases, sickness or anything they would have to go back. Even if they were a kid because the rules were strict. The kid would have to leave and so would the parents of the child. I thought they just thought of women as little helpless people back then. I think that because after WW1 women couldn’t go to America because they thought they had no family. If people were in jail before they came to America they would have to get sent back. Sometimes the immigrants would have to stay in the station sometimes for four hours, and that was at least. Rarely would they be able to get out of the station quickly. Most of the immigrants had a hard time going and staying in Ellis Island.

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The voyage to Ellis Island wasn’t easy, but most immigrants had to deal with it. On the steamship, most people didn’t have much money. That meant the people who didn’t have enough money to stay on the top of the ship had to be in steerage. Sometimes, people referred to steerage as the “basement of the boat.” In steerage, there was barely any food, no fresh air, very crowded and stinky, and no natural light at all. Plus, immigrants could only bring a single backpack for their whole new life in America. Could you imagine that?! Some people also got diseases on the boat since they were on the steamship for around two to three weeks without anything they needed to stay strong, healthy, and they barely got any space from everyone in steerage. The beds were also very crowded together and a whole ton of people got seasick. That means it would be extra stinky down there. Sometimes, immigrants would have the chance to come up to the top and get some fresh air, maybe even see some islands far off in the distance, and feel a nice breeze. But they couldn't stay up top for very long. Immigrants could barely even get any sleep from all of the noise that other immigrants were making. The immigrants probably got mad or lost hope that they would even be able to walk through Ellis Island not having any energy.

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Going through Ellis island took a long time. All the immigrants first had to arrive at Ellis island and get off the ferry boat. They arrived at america. Immigrants had to go to the baggage room. Most immigrants often do not understand how to speak other languages as others did. All of the immigrants had to enter the baggage room. They would have to leave their bags, backpacks, sacks, in a room called the inspection room. After leaving

there all their stuff they proceeded. All the immigrants had to go up these stairs where doctors would see you go up the stairs if you had health issues. If you fall down you would have to go back to the boat even if you were going up the stairs slowly. Afterwards, immigrants would go to the inspection room. All 29 questions were asked to immigrants. After being asked all those 29 questions, all immigrants. the last stop all of those immigrants would next have to go to the kissing booth. were they would see relatives, family.