Ellis Island: The Immigration Station

Ellis Island: The Immigration Station

              In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s there was a large migration of immigrants to the United States. When coming to the United States immigrants had to pass through immigration stations for citizenship and to enter into the country. One of the most well-known and used immigration stations was Ellis Island. Over 12 million immigrants passed through the doors at this Island. With the boom in immigration and the creation of Ellis Island to accommodate the growth urbanization and industrialization began to emerge.

              The original immigration station of New York between the years of 1855-1890 was Castle Garden (aka Clinton Castle). Over 8 million immigrants passed through here, but because of the over whelming numbers of immigrants coming through Clinton Castle it had begun to become ill equipped. There had also been the problem of “corruption” and “incompetence” with the walls of the Castle. For theses reason the Federal government began to look for a new station. In a New York magazine titled “The Evening World” dated back to March 12, 1890 there was an article titled Ellis Island, Mr. Windom that had talked about choosing between Liberty Island and Ellis Island as the new immigration center. The senator of New York at the time, Senator McPharson,  had argued that he did not want to have to do drastic changes to Liberty Island to accommodate the changes need to make into a center, and that lead him to suggestion and choosing of Ellis Island to become the new center of immigration for New York. This Island was the federally owned and operated by the US government and was open on January 1, 1892. That same day Annie Moore, an Irish immigrant, became the first to pass through the new doors.

Clinton Castle (Garden Castle)

Ellis Island

              Sadly on June 15, 1897 Ellis Island’s main center for immigrants to become citizens was burnt to the ground losing all document that dated back to 1855. The federal government then issued for all building on the island to become fire proof so that the incident would not occur again. On December 17, 1900 the “New Main Building” was opened and around 2,251 immigrants passed through. The island denied citizenship to those of mental and physical disabilities, and children without of an adult. In the “The Sun” another New York paper dated back to February 29, 1904 an article titled Conditions at Ellis Island stated that over 6,839 immigrants so far that year had been denied for the reasons such as: medical certification, liable public charges, insane, convicts, deported once on land. In1907 a law was passed that stated that no one with disabilities were allowed citizenship. Later in 1906 a new island was constructed beside the existing island to help accommodated even more immigrant migration. All together there was of 27 acres of land. The island then housed the station, a hospital, and a psychiatric ward.

Ellis Island Expanded

              The process from a country onto a ship then to the USA was a lengthy. The tickets back then costed upwards from $12-$60 (today $500-$1000). The voyage could take 1-4 weeks depending where you came from. When arriving at the Island you get checked immediately by doctors for mental and physical deformities and also literacy. Then they were sent to get their luggage and then went to the Great Hall to get documented. If you were 1^st or 2^nd class you were already checked by doctors and officials and were ready to leave te island once you were there. For those who were 3^rd class had to go through the whole process on the Island. One interesting story from the “New York Tribune” dated back to July 6, 1913 and article called Fugitive Wife Sent to Ellis Island talked about the journey of a women from England to America. It stated that she left her husband and then in the middle of the voyage (when she realized that she was broke) repented and wanted to go back to her husband who was significantly older than her. To keep the story short the husband rejected her request to come back and she was taken by the immigration police to barge on Ellis Island.

Doctors Inspecting Immigrants for Health Issues

              Many immigrants left their countries to avoid economic down poor, religious restraints, and poverty. Since there was a boom of industrialization many immigrants came from jobs. Around 80% of the jobs taken were taken by immigrants. This then boosted industrialization. Because of the overwhelming population growth urbanization. Many of the cities could not keep up the population so them many moved to urban area around the city and lived in the “ghettos”. The “ghettos” were a community of immigrants that lived together that were from the country, culture, and spoke the same language. The conditions of the communities were horrible. Many did not have plumbing, electricity, and had tiny rooms. Because of Ellis Island the United States were able to prosper and grow economically and socially.

Annie Moore (First Immigrant to go Through Ellis Island

cites:

Fort Wood (Liberty Island) and Fort Gibson (Ellis Island)
 1. I used this website to find background history of Ellis Island before it was an immigration station.

Ellis Island History
 2. This website gave me information on the basic history of Ellis Island and the procedure of what immigrants went through.

America's First Immigration Center
 3. I used this website to obtain information on Garden Castle (Clinton Castle) as the original immigration station.

Ellis Island
 4. This website helped gave me specific/ important events of Ellis Island in chronological order.

Mental Examination of Immigrants: Administration and Line Inspection at Ellis Island
 5. I used this website to help give me information on what the medical examination was, what they did during it, and what it was for.

The Public Health Service on Ellis Island
 6. This website also gave me another source of information on medical examination and the type of hospitals Ellis Island had and what their use was.

Assimilation
7. This was a website that gave me a definition of assimilation.

Urban Political Machines
 8. I used this website to help give me information and statistics of urbanization.

Immigration
 9. This website gave me information on immigration and its restrictions (medical, physical, and literacy tests).

Ellis Island, Mr. Windom
 10. This website helped me find the reasoning behind the choosing of Ellis Island for the new immigration station.

Conditions at Ellis Island
 11. This website had an article on the conditions of Ellis Island and some statistics of people being rejected from the island.

Fugitive Wife Sent to Ellis Island
 12. I used this website to obtain primary resource which was a old New York newspaper that had a story about Ellis Island that involved a crazy wife.

Ellis Island (2)
 13. I used this website to give me specific information about the process and journey of immigrants coming from different countries to Ellis Island.

ELLIS ISLAND First Stop for Immigrants, Last Stop for Deportees
 14. This website I used helped me get basic information if Ellis Island such as: who had to get checked at the island and what did they get checked for.

Human Migration

National Geographic defines Human migration as “the movement of people from one place in the world to another for the purpose of taking up permanent or semipermanent residence, usually across a political boundary.”   People from all over are all different and are not the same. Many are differentiated by skin tone and racial features. This usually leads to racial profiling, but what most do not know is that though they look one certain way they have a mixture of cultures within them. Human migration was one of the main reasons for the modernization of multiple societies.

Philanthropy

     Philanthropy vs Charity what is the difference. Charity is really about what someone can do now (in the moment) for someone where as philanthropy is about what someone can do now and it will benefit in the future. Philanthropy is really about good will towards others and the benefitting and promoting good human welfare. Carnegie and Rockefeller were some of the more notable philanthropist because of their contributions to foundations of education, hunger, and the betterment of lives around the world. After researching philanthropy and charity I can now tell the difference between the two and have a better understanding of what they mean and do.

Thinking About Success

1. Skills
2. Opportunities
3. Hard Work
4. Luck

I ranked each word from most important factor to least important. I believe that you have to have skills in an area you want to work in. When you have those certain skills, opportunities come to you because you have what people are looking for. By working hard more opportunities come your way and you advance in the your field. The reason why I ranked luck last was because it requires no skill or effort.

Clothing: Need vs Want

In class we read articles on the industrial, retailing, and marketing of clothing. Popular stores such as Zara and H&M were the main topics of each article. I learned that each week, new styles are shipped into each store to keep up with the ongoing trend of fashion. Stores are always busy with the arriving of new fashion and the disposals of old fashion. H&M stores "mimic" the higher end new trends that have just arrived at a cheaper cost. My question is "Why is 'fast fashion' controversial?" According Fashion Theory 'fast fashion' is ultimately a waste. The saying fast fashion means lower cost production that mimics current "luxury fashion trend'. This is an idea of "want" then the idea of "need". People that wanted these cheaper versions of new fashion waste their money on new clothes constantly and when the trend goes out they go out for the new version. Some either through away the clothes after a couple of weeks and some give away their clothing to others. This article sums up the saying 'fast fashion' perfectly "Today's treasure, Tommorow's trash".

fast fashion 

USH Classwork Textbook Archive 1887

In class today I used this textbook History Textbook from 1887 to read how Indians during this time period viewed Naive Americans (Indians). We also had to look up the words "savages" and "savagery" to connect them to how those words related to the Native Americans. According to google savage means to be "fierce, violent and uncontrollable", and savagery is the "condition of being primitive and uncivilized." I also looked up the word "savages" within the textbook. In the this textbook, it talks about how the Indians were "savages"against anyone that had threatened them. If i were a student that was being taught from this book I would view the Indians differently than I do now. I would have been taught how the Indians were the enemy and that I should fear them because they will attack anyone that goes near them. This book gives the complete opposite of how we view and think of the Indians today.

The Dalles Weekly Chronicle, January 9,1891

While reading The Dalles Weekly Chronicle dated back to January 9, 1891 there was an interesting article titled "Died Like the Brave Man He Was." This article was originally written in a newspaper in Leavenworth, Kansas. The article spoke about the death of Captain Wallace in Wounden Knee, SD. Captain Walles was injured by five Indians and then later died from the injuries. The most interesting thing about this article is that while dying Captain Wallace had killed each Indian.


January 9th,1891

While looking at the ads for clothing and shoes for my friend Madi's wedding in The Dalles Weekly Chronicle I came upon a heroic article. A brave Captain Wallace killed by five savage Indians at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. What made him brave that he killed the Indians while HE was dying! The title "Died Like the Brave Man He Was" did the late brave Captain Wallace, justice, because of men like him many of us are able to sleep at night.

Newspaper quote

"Our use of social media for news is selective and intentional so that we may tend to remain interested only in things we are already interested in. On the other hand professional news outlets like newspapers exposed readers to information on a broad range of topics, this helps me to see what other people are interested in or thinking is important."

The Past and The Present of Newspapers

1.  According to Googler a newspaper “a printed publication (usually issued daily or weekly)                    consisting of folded unstapled sheets and containing news, feature articles, advertisements, and            correspondence.” newspaper definition

2.  The first newspapers first that came into existence was in the 17^th century in Europe.
     Newspaper History 

3.  The Boston News Letter, The New England Courant, The New Hampshire Gazette, and The                Hartford Gazette are some the earliest and oldest newspaper in the United States.  
     Newspaper History

4.  When looking for “Leading Stories” I used the front page of  The Wall Street Journal. The                  “leading stories” that I found were “Turkey Buries Its Dead Amid Turmoil Over Terrorist Attack”,      "World To Fed: Get On With It”, and “SEC Cuts Use of Own Judges”. 

5.   According to Google the newspaper of record in “Is a major newspaper that has a large                       circulation and whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered professional and             typically authoritative.” The first US paper designated as the nation’s newspaper of record in               1913 was The New York Times. Other US papers Such as The Los Angel’s Time and The                       Washington Post can be considered a newspapers of record. newspaper of record

6.  When looking at newspapers compared to social media to stay connected there are noticeable              differences. I consider Newspapers to be more boring because of the way it’s printed, black and          white, barely pictures, and small print. Reading a paper is a rare occurrence for me because it's a          hassle with trying to read the small print and the turning the pages to where I want to go to. The          rare times that newspaper do get my attention is when something catastrophic happens and that is        because the title are then large and in charge and interesting. Though it is informational                        newspapers do not catch my attention like social media. When social media talks about something      it seems more exciting, and anyone and everyone knows about it because there are outrageous            titles that catch people’s attention, pictures, and colors. Social media sites such as: Facebook,              YouTube, and Twitter are where news can be found. According to an article on Al.com How Social Media is Overshadowing Traditional Newspapers it states that “30% of people get their news        through Facebook.” When I go on any social media sites I don’t originally look for news it just            pops on my feed and I look at it. Newspapers are inconvenient because we do not have it on us all      the time like social media, sooner or later newspapers will most likely become digitalized rather          than printed. 

First Quarter Reflection

      In the first quarter I have learned various amounts of topics ranging from slavery to western expansion. When going over each lesson we find connecting themes and thinking skills. Researching each topic, I have become better at finding better sources and finally being able to paraphrase correctly. Throughout each lesson I have also learned a new tech skill such as hyperlinking. Hyperlinking gives me the ability to link my source to the article where my information was found, which makes life easier. 

       When talking about each lesson, we used a major critical theme, empathy. When trying to understand tougher subjects such as slavery, I was able to understand the positions of slaves and the owners. Blogging helped take what we learned and be able to put it in my own words on what I understand and what I didn't. By understanding what I learned I was able to immerse myself more into researching because I wanted to know more. This class is enjoyable since its not all lectures which mean I don"t die of boredom. Also Mrs. Lawson says Valeria does a good job at research. 

History in a Day: Native American Boarding schools

In class today we did history in a day, the purpose was to see what we could learn in one class. The topic I chose was Native American Boarding Schools. I learned that the education of Indians began after the Civil War. There were 2 types of boarding schools: reservation boarding schools and day schools. Reservation schools were created for those who could not afford the expensive costs, these schools had a low cost of transportation and had a closer connection the Indian community. The age range of the school was 6-8 yrs. The reasons behind the schools were to "Kill the Indian and save the man."  The children had to practically destroy the Indian (culture and language) in them so that they would not be punished. The girls would would become sophisticated young ladies learning the necessary attributes such as: baking, cooking, sewing, and cleaning. The boys learned certain skills such as: gardening, carpentry, and Blacksmithing. Little to no visitation happened between the children and their family. Many of the people that went to these boarding schools had regretted it because many of them lost themselves and their culture.

work cited 

"Assimilation Through Education: Indian Boarding Schools in the Pacific Northwest." University of Washington Libraries. University of Washington, n.d. Web. 9 Sept. 30. <https://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/marr.html#movement>.

US History film essay

Valeria Cowell
9/17/2015
HBlock
Learning about history is a key subject in my education. As people we are able to learn about this subject through different forms. One form that is brought to attention is movie based learning. For example learning about slavery is a major theme in our history because its events has shaped how America is now. The movies 12 Years a Slave and Glory are historically based around the time of slavery and Civil War. By watching these movies I was able to see the attitudes people had because of their circumstances. I was able to analyze it more clearly because I saw what was happening rather than see what was happening.
The movie Glory is about the 54th regiment of Massachusetts which was the first black regiment. This story is based on the colonel Robert Shaw’s written letters during the Civil War. All soldiers were either runaway slaves or free slaves that have volunteered to fight against all the wrong doings that put upon them because of their race. In a critical review by James Berardinelli on the movie Glory he says that “Kevin Jarre’s scripted illuminates the frequent oversight of history books.” History books only want us to read what they think is what is appropriate for us to read. I’m not saying this is completely wrong, but it’s wrong in the sense we are not learning the complete truth. For example in the movie the Union soldiers depicted what their actual feeling and attitudes toward slaves were, that they were just slaves as simple as that. That they were not equal to them even though they are fight for their freedom. I personally was amazed the attitudes of the Union soldiers and I was because it was an “oversight in history books”. The movie itself is for the most part correct in the historical accuracy. This is because the lesser characters were made up, this helped show the type of men that really enlisted in the 54th.  By making up some lesser characters it was able to show how 54th was a “close knit group” of soldiers. When scenes or characters are made up it helps bring a sense of emotion and understanding of what’s going on in their lives. Another review by rotten tomatoes on the movie Glory said “Glory is, without question, one of the best movies ever made about the American Civil War”. This critic say it was the best because it made on what “really” happened in the Civil War. I believe it is a great movie because it shows me a different perspective on each role throughout the movie. For Robert Shaw to lead the regiment he show how that no matter the race every live matters.
The movie 12 Years a Slave is about the story that is based on the real life of Solomon Northup and how he was a free black man and that he was taken and sold into slavery. This movie was also for the most part historically correct. In a key scene we see a slave Patsy that befriended Solomon about to be whipped. When Patsy askes for Solomon to just kill her to end her misery, it was all false. Yes, Solomon did whip her, but that she never asked. What she really wanted was to escape to be free and to have hope all the way until the end. The director Steve McQueen did the scene the way he did to convey emotion, empathy, and sympathy from the audience. It was a slight change that had a big effect on the movie and on the Audience. In a review on the movie 12 Years a Slave it was said that “There is a spiritual and violent content.” This is somewhat obvious because the movie was based on a time of slavery. A announcement by AFI Awards it said that “12 Years a Slave is a story amazing in no good way [..] it is depicted with such raw intensity.” This is the truth this movie “depicts” what life was like and that in a bad situation there is hope. i believe that this is a movie that should be shown because it was real and real is life during then brought hope and dignity to those who have nothing.

1 Denzel Washington Takes Defiant Break from Clean-Cut Role

2 Glory (United States, 1989)

3 Glory (1989)

4 Glory 4 stars

5 Glory 1989 (prt2)

12 Years  A Slave

6 12 Years a Slave

7 12 Year a Slave  (film)

8 12 Years a Slave (critic)

9 '12 Years a Slave' Review

10 12 years a slave 2013

Practicing Incorporating a Quotation

Lots of teachers use the movie Glory because of its historical accuracy in fact, in a review by James Berardinelli he states that "Glory has become one of the most frequently shown motion picture in high school."

What I have learned today in was how to paraphrase and practicing incorporation a quotation. The idea of paraphrasing is to put the words of the author in our own word without making a summary of what they had said. In practicing incorporating quotation i have learned that to make sense of the quote itself, I have to make a reasoning of why I am using the quote and to back that reasoning.

 Mrs. Lawson wanted us to learn:

Only use a quote when it adds power and style to my writing.

Always make it clear, from context, that I understand the full meaning of the quote.

Whether I quote or paraphrase, always be transparent about the source and how I'm using it.

If I use another authors exact words or phrases to any extent, I have to use the quotation marks and give credit.

If I use another's  authors presentation of facts or ideas, but put their their ideas in my own words, i better have a good reason for doing that, and I MUST give credit.

Hyperlinking is so easy, there is no excuse for not being transparent about my sources.

I understand the idea of quotation, but I do need to do more paraphrasing eve though i understand what i am doing.  

This is an excerpt of an overview of the Glory http://www.reelviews.net/reelviews/glory

"The historical backdrop against which Glory transpires is mostly historically accurate. In fact, a great deal of effort went into getting the details correct. The main events shown in the film happened much as they are depicted, some of the key characters (Shaw, Frederick Douglas, etc.) existed, and the outcome was as Zwick presents it. Many of the secondary characters are either partially or entirely fictionalized, but they are intended to represent a broad cross-section of the types of men who joined the Massachusetts 54th."

The history behind story of Glory is for the most part accurate. Zwick the director of this movie had attempted to make the details as accurate as they existed in reality. The illustration of the main characters (Shaw and Frederick Douglass) and events of the movie was made to the closest of accuracy to the original. The lesser characters of the movie were either somewhat real or completely made up, this was to help show the type of men that were enlisted in the 54th.

Empathy vs Sympathy

I learned that the definition of the empathy is the intellectual identification or vicarious experience of feeling, thoughts, or attitudes of another. It's the experience of another person's condition from their perspective. An example of empathy popped up while reading a speech by Thoma Jefferson on human equality and that to be able to make himself say that slaves were okay, he had to maybe tell himself  that the slaves themselves were born into it and that it was not his fault. By saying that they were born into it it helped him go from speaking a liberty and freedom of going home to his slaves. I also learned that sympathy is when when you feel of pity or sorrow for someone else misfortune.