October 13th Class

The videos that I watched were very interesting. The video that I liked the most was  “Immigration Through Ellis Island”. Ellis Island was a very important part of an immigrant’s life. Over 12million people went through Ellis Island before they could establish their lives here in America. Many immigrants didn’t have money for the journey. Most people had a lot of waiting to do before they could even speak to anyone. People boarded in many different parts of Europe to come to New York. On the boat to come over they would only give the people a tin plate, a fork, and a spoon. People with blankets would go on deck to get air and get away from the smell of spoiled food. When they started to approach the harbor and saw the city they thought it was heaven with big buildings that they’ve never seen. Some even come to New York with a little basket and no baggage. They came with nothing but clothes. They would come into the big hall where they were told to stay and sit there. The process would last then a day. The word government frightened may people because they viewed government as police “someone who could cut my head off”. Overall I thought the videos were good because they gave me insight and knowledge of what immigrants had to go through at that time.

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