Over the immigration activities that we went through I was surprised by the sheer amount of population that came to America from 1820 through 1920. I took data from
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/immigration_data/index.htm and compared the number of people that immigrated to here and our the times current population and realized how much immigration from other countries has impacted the US. A few things that I wanted to learn about Ellis Island was how popular was it compared to Angle Island? How were the conditions there? What were the kind of questions you were asked when you arrived? And through the webpage provided at
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/young_immigrants/index.htm I had those questions as well as others answered.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/immigration_data/index.htm and compared the number of people that immigrated to here and our the times current population and realized how much immigration from other countries has impacted the US. A few things that I wanted to learn about Ellis Island was how popular was it compared to Angle Island? How were the conditions there? What were the kind of questions you were asked when you arrived? And through the webpage provided at
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/young_immigrants/index.htm I had those questions as well as others answered.