She was told that if anyone failed to pass examination, they would be separated from their families and be deported back to Italy. You would only be allowed in, if you passed the tests at Ellis Island Immigration Center. Fortunately, in her case, only 2% or less of Italians were turned away at Ellis Island. Those that were turned away, had renamed the island, L'isola delle Lacrime(Island of Tears). She was faced with her first test at the steps of the building. Initial medical assessments were made at the stairway to the Great Hall. She became nervous when the men at the top of the stairs wearing white coats frantically wrote on their clipboards. They were then taken for further legal and medical inspection. Immediately, she noticed that the
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For example, ‘Sc’ stood for scalp problems and ‘X’ stood for mental disability. They were then taken into a room where she was given a list of 32 questions and was told to provide answers for each one. This was mainly used to test the knowledge and capability of the people that wanted to come live in America. This would be a factor determining that.Though Aria had done well enough to pass, she was skeptical throughout the entire process. She was asked a series of questions which included if she had any relatives in the country and if she knew where she would be staying. Before her parents and sister died, they had said that her mother’s sister, Gabriella, would grant them hospitality until they were able to buy a house of their own. A while after their examination and testing period, Aria was relieved to hear that they had been accepted into America. While Aria believed that her immigration section held a lot of people, it has now been proven that the 1914 wave contained the most Italian immigrants of all years. In 1914, 283,748 people came to America from Italy making this record breaking for Italians coming to America at the highest …show more content…
Aria sprinted as fast as anybody could while carrying a baby towards her aunt. Filled with gratitude, they made their way to where Gabriella was living. Through Aria’s eyes, the city of New York was like walking through heaven. In reality, the only reason she felt this way was because she had nothing like it to compare it to. Gabriella lives in Little Palermo. This was one of the lesser known tenement sections. People know more about the section of Little Italy. Other section names include Little Sicily and Little Napoli. They were like villages of people of similar culture among a big city. About 90 percent of Italian Immigrants entered through New York City and many stayed. The ones that stayed lived in industrial urban areas that were densely populated immigrant neighborhoods with tenements five to six stories high. Aria learned that Italian Immigrant tenements have created newspapers in Italian, theaters, clubs, mutual aid societies, and much more. In New York City, the neighborhoods held only Italians. They even owned their own businesses. Aria lived with Marco and Gabriella as well as a few friends of the family. Right as Aria walked through the door there was an intense wave of heat that hit her in the face. The room was very small and didn’t have any other rooms attached to it. There were three beds, one small window, and a toilet in the farthest
For example, ‘Sc’ stood for scalp problems and ‘X’ stood for mental disability. They were then taken into a room where she was given a list of 32 questions and was told to provide answers for each one. This was mainly used to test the knowledge and capability of the people that wanted to come live in America. This would be a factor determining that.Though Aria had done well enough to pass, she was skeptical throughout the entire process. She was asked a series of questions which included if she had any relatives in the country and if she knew where she would be staying. Before her parents and sister died, they had said that her mother’s sister, Gabriella, would grant them hospitality until they were able to buy a house of their own. A while after their examination and testing period, Aria was relieved to hear that they had been accepted into America. While Aria believed that her immigration section held a lot of people, it has now been proven that the 1914 wave contained the most Italian immigrants of all years. In 1914, 283,748 people came to America from Italy making this record breaking for Italians coming to America at the highest …show more content…
Aria sprinted as fast as anybody could while carrying a baby towards her aunt. Filled with gratitude, they made their way to where Gabriella was living. Through Aria’s eyes, the city of New York was like walking through heaven. In reality, the only reason she felt this way was because she had nothing like it to compare it to. Gabriella lives in Little Palermo. This was one of the lesser known tenement sections. People know more about the section of Little Italy. Other section names include Little Sicily and Little Napoli. They were like villages of people of similar culture among a big city. About 90 percent of Italian Immigrants entered through New York City and many stayed. The ones that stayed lived in industrial urban areas that were densely populated immigrant neighborhoods with tenements five to six stories high. Aria learned that Italian Immigrant tenements have created newspapers in Italian, theaters, clubs, mutual aid societies, and much more. In New York City, the neighborhoods held only Italians. They even owned their own businesses. Aria lived with Marco and Gabriella as well as a few friends of the family. Right as Aria walked through the door there was an intense wave of heat that hit her in the face. The room was very small and didn’t have any other rooms attached to it. There were three beds, one small window, and a toilet in the farthest