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What was immigration like in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Marlena Heracklis

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  • Most immigrants come through Ellis Island
How did immigrants arrive in America?

Ellis Island

Where immigrants from Europe came in through America. To receive citizenship, immigrants came in and got inspected.

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  • First sight is the Statue of Liberty
When immigrants came into America, their first sight was the statue of liberty. The statue of liberty is a representation of hope.

Immigrants tended to be...

  • poor
  • crowded in home
How did immigrants live when they were admitted?

Not much money, usually crowded tenants, tended to stay along the Atlantic Coast in big cities.

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  • They brought few belongings

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  • Immigrants stayed in big cities

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  • Immigrants worked for minimum wage

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  • Immigrants still lived in poverty

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Still lived/treated better than in their home countries

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Overall, immigrants lived in poverty when they came from their homelands. This was still better than how they were treated in their home countries.