https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333 en-us 2023-01-26 20:20:02 UTC 2025-10-15 17:48:00 UTC hello@padlet.com 40382593 https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458176981 The journey to Ellis Island started with the immigrants finding a way to get a steamship heading to America. These ships would have a one to two-week journey to Ellis Island. The passengers aboard would usually be at the Steerage which was a large open space at bottom of the ship. However, there were cabins for wealthy passengers (first and second class).]]> 2023-01-26 20:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458176981 40382593 https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458177534  A room with large trunks and suitcases was a service meant to ease the process for immigrants. However, a lot of immigrants refused this service because most of them only had clothes on their backs and the bags were their only possessions. No one could risk losing their belongings.]]> 2023-01-26 20:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458177534 40382593 https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458182303 When the ships arrived in the New York Harbor health officer would board the ships looking for signs of diseases. If there were none the doctors would check the health of the first and second-class passengers. Those few passengers could leave the ship when it docked. However, most passengers would have to wait hours or days unit a smaller ferryboat took them to Ellis Island.]]> 2023-01-26 20:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458182303 40382593 https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458183258 The first thing immigrants have to get through is the winding stairs up to the registration room. The doctors would look for people who have trouble walking or breathing and other signs of poor health. ]]> 2023-01-26 20:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458183258 40382593 https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458183562 The registry room was 200 feet long and 102 feet wide because of it huge size it was nicknamed the Great Hall. The long mental rails help orderly line as people went through the medical and legal inspections. Officials would decide who could enter the country right away and who needed further inspection.]]> 2023-01-26 20:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458183562 40382593 https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458183874 The doctors develop a system where they could quickly identify signs of illness. It was called the "six-second physical" where they would look for any limping, shortness of breath, redness of eyes, or if they acted strangely. If there were any noticeable signs of something being wrong the examiner would mark their clothes with chalk. Marked ones were taken out of line for feather examination. While those who passed continued through to the next stop.  ]]> 2023-01-26 20:28:36 UTC https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458183874 40382593 https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458184246 The official were given a list of names and description of each passenger. One by one passengers were called up to speak with a uniformed inspector. While interpreters would helped the immigrants communicate. There were 29 questions asked to each immigrant.]]> 2023-01-26 20:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458184246 40382593 https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458185067 Immigrants who were detained because of legal reasons would stay on the third floor dormitory room. Waiting a few days to a month for their case to be reviewed in the Hearing Room. While those detained for  medical reasons were cared for at the island's hospital or kept in quarantine. Some were treated for weeks up to months. Until the  Board of Special Inquiry review there medical report then decied weather to send them back or allow them into the US.]]> 2023-01-26 20:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458185067 40382593 https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458185485 There were three aisles of the staircase immigrants who were being detained walking down the center aisle. People going west or south would be on the right side, while those going to New York or north walked on the left. At the bottom were the post office, ticket office for railroads, and social workers to help people who need it. There were also offices exchange money from their home country for U.S. dollars]]> 2023-01-26 20:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458185485 40382593 https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458185943 The first floor of Ellis Island was were family and friends waited for there loved ones. After months or years apart they would hug, kiss, and shout in relief and joy. ]]> 2023-01-26 20:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2458185943 40382593 https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2460733563  Louis came to America from Blato, Slovenia, and was briefly detained on Ellis Island because he only had seven dollars. Which was less than the minimum required to enter the US he stayed until he got assistance from his uncle. He became a  social critic and wrote about the experiences of immigrants in the US.]]> 2023-01-30 02:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2460733563 40382593 https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2460748103 Lucien Aigner came from Ersekujvar, Austria-Hungary with his wife and son. They were detained overnight. After he answered the inspectors questions to their satisfaction and he and his family were admitted to the United States.]]> 2023-01-30 02:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/40382593/avwl4sjm6gbct333/wish/2460748103