ELLIS ISLAND: PROCESSING Type in the following URL:
http://www.internationalchannel.com/education/ellis/process.html1. Click on "Arrival" and read the introduction to this lesson.
2. Click on "Medical Inspection"
a. Select and explain three "markings" used to indicate a disease.
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b. Why were the women frightened? ____________________________________
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c. Trachoma: What is it? ____________________________________________3. Click on "Mental Testing"
a. 9 out of 100 immigrants were marked with an "X"? Why?
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b. Give two examples of "mental testing"
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a. What was the purpose of this testing? _______________________________
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b. What sometimes happened to the names of immigrants?
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c. What did the literacy test consist of?
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d. What does "Liable to become a Public Charge" refer to?
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Select one of the quotes of the immigrants and copy it below:
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Click on one of the immigrant recordings and describe what was said:
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5. Click on "Detention"a. What was the percent of those immigrants detained? _________________
b. How long was the usual detention? ________________________________
c. State two reasons why some were detained:
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