NYC unit 2
Snemalna Knjiga Besedilo
- Where are we going, dad?
- This is stop 1: The Passage.
- Stop 3: The Registry Room.
- Most immigrants began their journey to America on foot, horseback, or train from South America.
- In search of a better life, son.
- Part 1.2 of immigration to the US
- Third class passengers stayed in the steerage which used to be very dirty and crowded.
- My name is Robert. I was a third class passenger.
- People from Europe used to get aboard a ship in pursuit of the so-called American Dream.
- Once you arrived, you felt something was not going as expected...
- Stop 6: The Legal Inspection.
- We had to go to the concession stands.
- Stop 2: The Arrival.
- First class and Second class passengers stayed in cabins and staterooms while third class passengers waited for a smaller ferryboat to take them to Ellis Island.
- Children were pulled away from her parents because the guards didn't think they could belong to the parents. Some immigrants had to go through these difficult experiences.
- Immigrants waited then their turn for processing by immigrant officials.
- The immigrants were marked with a piece of chalk with an identifyingletter thatrepresentedif they had a disease.
- Stop 5: The Medical Exam.Immigrants were then checked to see if they had diseases orillnesses.
- Immigrant named John.
- Why are you coming? Political beliefs? Any plans to support your family?
- One by one, the passengers were called forward to speak with a uniformed inspector seated on a tall stool behind a high desk. Interpreters helped the immigrants communicate.
- This determined whether they got to go through or not.
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