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How on earth did small children walk hundreds of miles to get to the boats?

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I didn't know that people had to walk all the way to the seaports.

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It's unfair how third class had to stay at the bottom of the ship. Most of the passsengers were third class! There were probably leftover rooms from the first and second class that could have been given to elders or woman with children.

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Did they even communicate at all with other people? Were the ships ever cleaned?

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Did anyone come from other places like Asia and Africa?

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I had no idea they were able to fit so many people onto a boat.

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How did 3000 people fit on one ship?

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How big were the ships?

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3,000 people on one ship!

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They must of been so scared to board a ship and come to a new country with people who didn't even speak their language.

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Were people able to socialize with other people on the ships? What did they do to occupy themselves?

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It is must have been hard to communicate with people who spoke other languages.

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Why did they have to wait so long to get off the boat?

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It's really unfair that the first and second class passed through quickly, and then the third class had to wait so long to be processed.

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It's kind of unfair that the richer people were able to immediately be let off when the third classers had to wait hours and days.

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it must have been really hard for people to carry all their belongings

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I didn't realize they had to wait days to get onto Ellis Island.

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Was there a lot of disease going around on those ships since there was so many people?

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Did the people who had to leave the rest families because they failed the inspection ever see their family again?

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What decided who could go in immediately?

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What diseases were they looking for.

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Why didn't the first and second class have to go through the immigration process? Weren't they immigrants too?

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That must have been so hard if you came all the way to be told you could not come to America.

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The people really saw the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of freedom-even crying when they saw it. I never really took the time to realize how special it was.

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Were there any diseases that people had to be careful of?

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The first girl must have been so scared without her parents and having to take care of her brothers

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Many of the immigrants didn't speak english so they had no clue what was happening. They didn't know what they were doing or if they would ever see their luggage again.

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It's crazy how they could fit so many people in one ship

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Where did third class people stay while they were waiting to be processed?

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Why were they given numbered tags to wear

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It's truly amazing on the process that had to go through. I'm surprised they didn't have people speak other languages. This probably would have made the process easier.

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Would people ever lose their belongings after putting them in the baggage room?

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Many of these people were treated very badly, wearing numbered tags, treating them kind of like they aren't human just because of their race or class.

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I can't even imagine being so close to other people and all the commotion must've been so hard to deal with, especially if you didn't speak the language. Definitely no social distancing!

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How many people could fit in the registry room?

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It must have been scary to have people yelling at you in a different language.

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What did the people do if their ships did not pass inspection?

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It must have been very scary while being inspected

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It must have been hard to leave everything behind not even knowing if you would be allowed into America?

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They had to pass lots of inspections.

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It's crazy how the 3rd class had to wait hours or even days for immigration processing.

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If one person was sick, did they sometimes make people who were near them or on the same ship go home too so the disease doesn't spread?

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They should have people who speak all different languages work at Ellis Island. It was probably very confusing for people who didn't speak english. They should have people learn to speak italian and russian before they work at the island.

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It would have been so hard to wait in a line with so many people if you had young kids.

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They didn't know when they were going to get out. It must have felt never ending.

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Why didn't they let disabled people through? It's like they were filtering them out. It reminds me of how Hitler wanted a "perfect" country.

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Would the doctors send them back if they were having trouble walking? What if they were just tired?

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It must have been very chaotic after getting off the boat

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What did the people do while waiting?

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I can't believe that the immigrants would leave all their stuff in the baggage room. That was all they had and it could be stolen!

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What would the people do while they wait?

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I don't understand how people couldn't come to America if they had a sickness or disease!

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How much luggage were they allowed to bring?

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How many people worked in Ellis Island?

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Were their eyes damaged by the button hooks?

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Kids could be sent home alone if there parents were already let in.

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I can't believe they would risk leaving their luggage out and possibly be stolen.

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People would send a child home because they didn't think they could survive alone but the journey back home could be just as dangerous!

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Why were there such long lines? Why don't they have multiple lines?

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Huh. When they talk about how immigrants have never seen such big spaces, it shows how different America was for these people.

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People must have been so tired by the time they were finally let in.

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What would the doctors do if someone looked to be ill?

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If you were denied you traveled all that way for nothing.

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it must have scary for people when the doctors stopped them

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I can't imagine how tress full the great hall would be, everybody waiting to see if they could even stay.

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Why weren't women allowed in without a man with them?

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How accurate could the process have been if they only had six seconds to examine the patient?

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It must have been very scary to e examined by a stranger

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Did the button hook hurt when they put it in your eye?

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It's crazy how people had the guts to send people back. Especially children. I wonder how they were able to do it because I would have felt so bad.

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It's crazy how the doctors wouldn't let people in if they had a disability

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It's so unfair that they wouldn't let women in alone.

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People would have to stand while they waited, until they added the benches in 1903.

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I can't believe that if you didn't pass some stupid physical you traveled all that way for nothing. The doctors even get sick! I understand that they didn't want diseases coming into the country but that's kind of inevitable in the long run.

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It is sad that many of the woman could not come alone but the men could.

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Who was chosen to be an official?

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it must have been annoying to hear the echoes of peoples voices for a long time

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The room must have been so chaotic with all the people.

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It's crazy how they used a buttonhook to check peoples eyes

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If you were pregnant there was a possibility you couldn't come in!

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How many tests did people have to get before entering America?

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Where they really finding many of the disease through a 6 second physical?

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I wonder why it was exactly 29 questions?
Also that's unfair how there were "right" answers. Like the money question-if you didn't answer "right" you were sent home. Most people came to America to make money. Not a lot of people even had money when they came. I wonder why they asked that?

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How did the people originally find out the information about these people to ask them questions?

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What if a child's parents were sent back home after the medical exam?

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You had to memorise your papers incase you forgot.

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You could have to quarantine in a new country.

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If a woman was sent back home because she had a disease and she got better and came back what would happen because the man she was traveling with would already be in New York waiting for her.

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I never realized that the people were so poor they had never seen a large building before

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It's crazy about how they treated diseases. It's kind of ridiculous they sent people back but also really crazy that they had people quarantine for 2 weeks like you do if you have COVID.

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120,000 people were sent back home!

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Those poor people who were sent back! They made it all the way to America, just to be sent back.

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What would be considered insanity?

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How did they send you back? Did you have to wait for the next ship?

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It would be so scary to have to leave your family a come to a place where you do not know anyone.

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If a family member was marked with chalk and had to stay behind how would you find them? How would you even know if they had been sent back to their home country?

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the six second exam probably felt much longer for them

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I never knew that they got home for free if they were turned back

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That crazy that so many people came all this way just to get sent back