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Ellis Island: Immigrants

By Janet Giel-Romo, Ed.D.

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In 1776 the United States of America was a new country. Many Europeans wanted to immigrate to America.

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The immigrants wanted to move to America for different reasons. The immigrants wanted the American Dream.

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Some immigrants moved to America so that they could vote. The United States was a democracy.

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Some immigrants moved to America for freedom of religion. They wanted to choose which church to go to.

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Some immigrants moved to America to find a job and work. They wanted to make money.

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The new immigrants traveled to America by ship. The trip took a month.

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Statue of Liberty

When the immigrants entered the New York Harbor, they could see the Statue of Liberty. It was a symbol for freedom.

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Ellis Island

Liberty Island

The ships had to go to Ellis Island. The immigrants had to go to there for an inspection.

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The immigrants got off the ship at Ellis Island.

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Inspectors looked at the immigrants’ eyes to see if they had any infections .

The inspectors checked the new immigrants. Immigrants who were sick had to go back to Europe.

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Ellis Island is not used for immigrants anymore. It is a museum.

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NYC

The Statue of Liberty still stands next to Ellis Island. You can see New York City behind it.

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The first group of immigrants were from Europe. Later people

from all over the world immigrated to America.

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