Ellis Island, located in New York Harbor, was the largest immigration station in America. It was created in response to the nation’s growing concerns of the unmanaged influx of immigrants and to handle the immorality and the nepotism that bogged down the entire system, as shown at the Castle Garden station. Ellis Island changed the lives of many Americans and immigrants alike and set a new course of American history. Ellis Island was owned by Samuel Ellis around the American Revolution, but Samuel Ellis died in 1794 leaving no living male heirs. This left the island in legal limbo as the remaining heirs fought over it. Ellis Island was finally bought by New York state in 1808 then resold to the Federal Government later that year for ten thousand
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In the years spanning from 1910 to 1918 more than twenty-five thousand immigrants, who were already settled in America, were returned to their country as they were deemed unacceptable by authorities. Between the years 1918 and 1920 thousands of immigrants were detained and considered radicals. This was called the “Red Scare” immigrants were rounded up, held on Ellis Island, and over two hundred were returned back to their countries. At the end of World War I the era went from the Industrial Era to one of prohibition as the war had revived American’s fears and hatred of foreigners. In 1918 the American Army took over Ellis Island to use it as a station to treat American troops who had been injured and to provide housing for Navy men who were awaiting their posts, a year later the left a year later. In 1924 another immigration Act was passed, it was called The Johnson-Reed Act. This Act controlled the quota of immigrants allowed into America through the National Origins Law. This caused the number of immigrants passing through Ellis Island to fall and moved the immigration processing to Foreign countries via United States Consulates closing its doors to immigration for good. It was then used to house foreign prisoners that were participants of World War II, before being closed in 1954. In 1965 Ellis Island was appointed as a National Monument and apart the Statue of …show more content…
The irony of Ellis Island is that it is now viewed as a sign of liberty, freedom, and kinship by many when once it was viewed with trepidation, sadness, and a fleeting hope for a better
In the years spanning from 1910 to 1918 more than twenty-five thousand immigrants, who were already settled in America, were returned to their country as they were deemed unacceptable by authorities. Between the years 1918 and 1920 thousands of immigrants were detained and considered radicals. This was called the “Red Scare” immigrants were rounded up, held on Ellis Island, and over two hundred were returned back to their countries. At the end of World War I the era went from the Industrial Era to one of prohibition as the war had revived American’s fears and hatred of foreigners. In 1918 the American Army took over Ellis Island to use it as a station to treat American troops who had been injured and to provide housing for Navy men who were awaiting their posts, a year later the left a year later. In 1924 another immigration Act was passed, it was called The Johnson-Reed Act. This Act controlled the quota of immigrants allowed into America through the National Origins Law. This caused the number of immigrants passing through Ellis Island to fall and moved the immigration processing to Foreign countries via United States Consulates closing its doors to immigration for good. It was then used to house foreign prisoners that were participants of World War II, before being closed in 1954. In 1965 Ellis Island was appointed as a National Monument and apart the Statue of …show more content…
The irony of Ellis Island is that it is now viewed as a sign of liberty, freedom, and kinship by many when once it was viewed with trepidation, sadness, and a fleeting hope for a better