After doing the immigration activity in class I learned many things I didn't know, for example I never knew that New York had the Ellis Island; just like the Angel Island I never knew it was located in San Fransisco. This is because I had never heard of these islands before, what surprised the most is that they have differences. These islands are basically the same thing other than they are located in different places, but they were built differently; since the Angel Island was built in San Fransisco's Bay, they made it look more like mountain building. While Ellis Island is more of a castle, also according to the stories in www.scholastic.com another difference between these island was that in Ellis Island, between 1820-1969 most people immigrated from Europe. But in the years of 1970-2010 it was people from North and South America, in Angel Island it was mainly Chinese people. What I still want to learn that I haven't is, approximately how many people passed immigration through Ellis Island? In http://www.history.com/topics/ellis-island it stated, "Approximately 80 percent successfully passed through in a matter of hours, but others could be detained for days or weeks." What I want to know about Angel Island is, what year did the first Chinese person arrive to america? In angelisland.org/history/united-states-immigration-station-usis it said, "The first Chinese entered California in 1848."
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