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    Ellis Island: An Interactive History Adventure
    Ellis Island: An Interactive History Adventure
    Ellis Island: An Interactive History Adventure
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    Ellis Island: An Interactive History Adventure

    By Michael Burgan

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    You’re one of millions of immigrants leaving your home in the early 1900s to move to the United States. You’re searching for a better life. Ellis Island, near New York City, is your first stop in your search for opportunity and freedom. Officials on the island have been processing immigrants there for decades, but not everyone gets through. If you pass the tests, you’re on your way to a new life in the United States. If you don’t, you may find yourself being sent back to your homeland.  What path will you take? Will you: Be a Jewish youth leaving the violence of Russia in hopes of a better life in America? Be an Italian teen who lands at Ellis Island during World War I? A German immigrant who faces deportation? Everything in this book happened to real people. And YOU CHOOSE what you do next. The choices you make could lead you to opportunity, to wealth, to poverty, or even to death.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateJul 1, 2013
    ISBN9781476598253
    Ellis Island: An Interactive History Adventure
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    Michael Burgan

    Michael Burgan has written numerous books for children and young adults during his nearly 20 years as a freelance writer. Many of his books have focused on U.S. history, geography, and the lives of world leaders. Michael has won several awards for his writing, and his graphic novel version of the classic tale Frankenstein (Stone Arch Books) was a Junior Library Guild selection.  Michael graduated from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in history. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his cat, Callie.

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      Ellis Island - Michael Burgan

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Cover

      Title Page

      About Your Adventure

      Chapter 1:Coming to Ellis Island

      Chapter 2: The Trip to American

      Chapter 3: Life in a New Land

      Chapter 4: Questions of Loyalty

      Chapter 5: Ellis Island Today

      Timeline

      Other Paths to Explore

      Read More

      Internet Sites

      Glossary

      Bibliography

      Copyright

      Back Cover

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      ABOUT YOUR ADVENTURE

      YOU are one of millions of immigrants who are leaving their homelands during the early 20th century to travel to the United States. When you reach America, your first stop is Ellis Island, just off the shores of New York City.

      In this book you’ll explore how the choices people made meant the difference between life and death. The events and work you’ll experience happened to real people.

      Chapter One sets the scene. Then you choose which path to read. Follow the links at the bottom of each page as you read the stories. The decisions you make will change your outcome. After you finish one path, go back and read the others for new perspectives and more adventures. Use your device's back buttons or page navigation to jump back to your last choice.

      YOU CHOOSE the path you take through history.

      CHAPTER 1

      Coming to Ellis Island

      Immigrants came to the United States long before Ellis Island opened in 1892. They came for many reasons. Some wanted to escape problems in their homelands, such as wars or famine. Some immigrants couldn’t worship as they chose in Europe. Many came seeking jobs. For many, hard work led to a chance to earn more money than they could at home. Their children also had a chance to get an education.

      At times friends and family members already in the United States pulled immigrants to the country. Letters talked about the land available in the west or the jobs in factories. Most immigrants of the 19th and early 20th centuries were young men. Some came to make money and then planned to return to their homelands. Others sent for wives, children, and other relatives once they found homes and jobs.

      Immigrants often had few comforts on the ships that brought them to the U.S.

      By the 1880s many native-born white Americans were alarmed by the growing number of immigrants entering the country. Americans also noticed a change in the immigrants. Previous immigrants had come mostly from northern Europe, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Most were Protestant, which was the major faith in the United States at the time.

      Ellis Island in New York was the first stop for many immigrants.

      But the immigrants of the 1880s and after came from southern and eastern Europe. Some were dark skinned. Many were Roman Catholic or Jewish. They spoke unfamiliar languages.

      Some native-born Americans saw these new immigrants as a threat. These Americans thought the new immigrants committed crimes and spread political ideas that could weaken democracy. Some American workers also feared the immigrants would take away their jobs.

      The first major law to limit immigration targeted the Chinese, who settled mostly on the west coast. That law was passed in 1882. But soon other laws affected all immigrants, including the ones entering New York City. The number of immigration laws increased after 1890.

      Ellis Island will be the first stop on your search for wealth and freedom in the U.S. At Ellis Island you see the effects of

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