Bonjour,

Question 1 :

• Date d'ouverture d'Ellis Island : 1892
• Date de fermeture Ellis Island : 1954
• Nombre immigrants arrivés sur Ellis Island : 12 million
• Combien d'américains ont un ancêtre arrivé à Ellis Island : 40%

Question 2 :

• Where did immigrants come from? : Immigrants were mostly coming from eastern and southern Europe (Italy, Poland, Russia, etc.)
• Why did they leave their native countries? : Generally speaking, they've left their native countries to escape poverty but also to escape religious intolerance.
• What was the duration of the trip? : The trip across the Atlantic Ocean was taking between one and two weeks.

Vocabulaire :

• Un bateau à vapeur : a steamer or a steamship.

Bonne journée