Ellis Island Immigrants

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The United States of America, the "nation of immigrants", was attracting a vast amount people who desperately wanted to leave their country and homes, to find a new place with opportunities, and a new place to call home. Many immigrants left their original homes to find a new place to live in the U.S. to escape any problems, religious or economical, and also to just see the American experience that everyone is talking about.

I chose this picture because it shows the anxiety that people would usually have while being interviewed. You can see in this picture that the man in the middle is the immigrant. There are 3 people with him, that are checking his information to deem if he is worthy enough to be accepted into the United States. You can tell that this part of immigrating to the U.S. was the hardest, because there was a chance that you could be denied entrance to the United States. So in the end, it was up to these people's hands to determine if you gave up everything for a new beginning or for nothing.



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As you can see from this map, many people immigrated from many different parts of the world. They wanted to come to America, for their new opportunities and to experience the "American way."