When should the reader first stop to ask a question when reading "Morris Remembers the Steamship" in the "Ellis Island Oral History Project" excerpt, and which question should the reader ask to understand Morris’s voyage?
Read the responsibilities that were required of clerks from the "Clerk" section of "The Workers of Ellis Island."kept a running tabulation of the number of immigrantsstored away the passenger manifestscompleted detention and deportation cardswrote reports and dossiersfiled away and retrieved warrant case records
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Which word below is the best match for the word "credible"?
Read the details from "The Workers of Ellis Island" and think about the central idea they support.Because he was only allowed to admit persons who were "clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to enter the United States," he had to be absolutely certain the person he was examining was not a member of one of the classes of persons barred from entering the country . . . .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.
Which would add the most credibility to a book about children’s immigration experiences?
Which question might a reader ask to get a better understanding of Paul Moschella's experience on Ellis Island as described in the "Ellis Island Oral History Project" excerpt?
Read this excerpt from Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman.Those who failed to get past both doctors had to undergo a more thorough medical exam. The others moved on to the registration clerk, who questioned them with the aid of an interpreter: What is your name? Your nationality? Your occupation? Can you read and write? Have you ever been in prison? How much money do you have with you? Where are you going?Some immigrants were so flustered that they could not answer. They were allowed to sit and rest and try again.
Read the excerpt from Immigrant Kids, by Russell Freedman.The officers of the ship . . . went striding up and down the decks shouting orders and directions and driving the immigrants before them. Scowling and gesturing, they pushed and pulled the passengers, herding us into separate groups as though we were animals. A few moments later we came to our dock, and the long journey was over.
In the "Ellis Island Oral History Project" excerpt, Paul Moschella compares eating his first sandwich to eating a
Read this excerpt from Immigrant Kids, by Russell Freedman.Now the examinations began. First the immigrants were examined by two doctors of the United States Health Service. One doctor looked for physical and mental abnormalities. When a case aroused suspicion, the immigrant received a chalk mark on the right shoulder for further inspection: L for lameness, H for heart, X for mental defects, and so on.The second doctor watched for contagious and infectious diseases. He looked especially for infections of the scalp and at the eyelids for symptoms of trachoma, a blinding disease. Since trachoma caused more than half of all medical detentions, this doctor was greatly feared. He stood directly in the immigrant's path. With a swift movement, he would grab the immigrant's eyelid, pull it up, and peer beneath it. If all was well, the immigrant was passed on.
According to "The Workers of Ellis Island" the primary function of the Immigration Station on Ellis Island was to
The details in the "Immigrant Aid Workers" section of "The Workers of Ellis Island" support the central idea that these aides
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