How Did Ellis Island Enter The United States

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Ellis Island ( New York)

Ellis Island, it's located south of Manhattan on the Hudson Bay. It was used to inspect the immigrants to make sure they have no diseases and that they are suitable to be in the United States. When it first opened in 1892 and it wasn't that popular. When the peak of immigration started in the 1900’s, it became more popular than ever. Roughly five thousand to ten thousand people went through Ellis Island everyday.

Eight percent of people who passed through Ellis Island passed and were granted access to enter the United States. It has been estimated that between forty percent of all of our ancestors passed through Ellis island. The waiting periods to get through were between a couple hours to weeks. The United States is built by immigrants coming …show more content…
When the Passage of the Immigrant Quota Act of 1921 and the National Origins act of 1924 immigration decreased by a huge amount . These acts kept one central area from becoming too populated from over immigration.This made Ellis Island more known for deportations than immigration after the laws were passed.

Around 1925-1954 , there were only 2.3 million people that passed through Ellis Island. That is a dramatic change from 1900- 1954 in the number of immigrants to enter the United States. Ellis island was used as a detention center and to execute communists. Soon enough Ellis Island was closed down for fundraising reasons so money would be saved and so no lawsuits would get filed.

Ellis Island was a major location used in the immigration waves. It served it’s purpose for about 60 years till it got shut down. It was reopened in January of 1892, today it is used as a tourist attraction. People all around the world can come see the history that Ellis Island shows us about how the immigration process worked. Around 3 million people come to Ellis island every

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