Ellis Island National Monument Online: Cause-and-Effect Structure Answers

Look at the photograph of Immigrant Inspectors at Ellis Island.

Read the sentence from "The Workers of Ellis Island."Given the enormous amount of paperwork that needed to be done at Ellis Island, it comes as no surprise that dozens and dozens of clerks and stenographers were employed there.

Read the paragraph from "The Workers of Ellis Island."Interpreters translated for immigrants who could not communicate in English. Interpreters not only needed strong linguistic skills in one or more foreign languages, but they also needed to understand the most common dialects in a given language. An interpreter needed to convey the equivalent (or a close equivalent) of the words and meanings expressed by an alien immigrant and a United States Immigrant Inspector or other Ellis Island worker. Many interpreters at Ellis Island were either immigrants themselves or the children of immigrants.

Which detail from "The Workers of Ellis Island" shows that Ellis Island was a processing center sensitive to the needs of immigrants?

Look at the image of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island.

Read the paragraph from "The Workers of Ellis Island."Ellis Island doctors were particularly watching for signs of contagious diseases. Incurable diseases included trachoma and tuberculosis and guaranteed a return trip to where the immigrant came from. Others, like diphtheria, measles and scarlet fever, for example, relegated the immigrant to the contagious disease wards where they were generally treated, cured and released. Sometimes the entire family was held on the Island while a child or responsible adult was being treated.

Read the sentence from "The Workers of Ellis Island."The clerks—both male and female—kept a running tabulation of the number of immigrants arriving at the island for inspection each day, the disposal of their cases and their subsequent departures.

Look at the two photographs of Ellis Island.

Look at the image titled "An operation on Ellis Island."