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Ellis Island, an immigration station off the coast of New York, was opened in 1892. More than 40 % of all Americans living today can trace their roots to someone who came through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954. During the peak years, from about 1900 to 1914, as many as 5,000 people a day went through Ellis Island.
Once the passengers were on the island, inspectors watched them closely as they climbed the stairs to the Great Registry Hall. It was filled with would-be Americans wearing numbered tags pinned to their clothes, awaiting legal and medical examinations and hopping to be allowed to stay. Some family members might be accepted and others rejected, that’s why Ellis Island was nicknamed the “Isle of Tears”.
To enter the US, immigrants had to be healthy and give the impression that they could make a living. The first doctors they saw made a quick examination and noted any suspected disease with a chalk mark on the right shoulder. People thus marked had to go through further examinations. Trachoma, a highly contagious eye disease, was the most common reason for detaining an immigrant. Once the immigrants had gone through the medical examination, they had to answer a series of twenty-nine questions. Then, they could at last board the ferry to New York City.
At the end of WWI, many Americans wanted to see immigration restricted. Quota Laws were passed in 1924, regulating the number of immigrants. Soon the traffic through Ellis Island decreased, and in November 1954, Ellis Island was closed down
Répondez à la question " why was Ellis Island nicknamed the Isle of Tears ?
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Ellis Island, an immigration station off the coast of New York, was opened in 1892. More than 40 % of all Americans living today can trace their roots to someone who came through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954. During the peak years, from about 1900 to 1914, as many as 5,000 people a day went through Ellis Island.
Once the passengers were on the island, inspectors watched them closely as they climbed the stairs to the Great Registry Hall. It was filled with would-be Americans wearing numbered tags pinned to their clothes, awaiting legal and medical examinations and hopping to be allowed to stay. Some family members might be accepted and others rejected, that’s why Ellis Island was nicknamed the “Isle of Tears”.
To enter the US, immigrants had to be healthy and give the impression that they could make a living. The first doctors they saw made a quick examination and noted any suspected disease with a chalk mark on the right shoulder. People thus marked had to go through further examinations. Trachoma, a highly contagious eye disease, was the most common reason for detaining an immigrant. Once the immigrants had gone through the medical examination, they had to answer a series of twenty-nine questions. Then, they could at last board the ferry to New York City.
At the end of WWI, many Americans wanted to see immigration restricted. Quota Laws were passed in 1924, regulating the number of immigrants. Soon the traffic through Ellis Island decreased, and in November 1954, Ellis Island was closed down
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