Settlement

After they immigrated,
immigrants often settled
near their ports of entry,
but many still moved inland.
Most immigrants liked to
live in a community lived-
in by settlers from their
same homeland. Once they,
would look for jobs to
make a buck or two.

Freedom...maybe

After immigrants got

 out of Ellis Island, they

 would move on to communities

to find work. When they did,

their employers took advantage 

of them. Women barely made 

any money. It was a hard life,

and immigrants often got

discriminated against and abused.

If it meant freedom, though

they were all for it.  

Fun Fact about Ellis Island

In 1897, a fire in Ellis island
burned the immigration station
to the ground. No lives were lost,
but state immigration records were
burned along with the pine buildings.
The U.S. Treasury quickly ordered
the facility to be rebuilt, but this
time, fireproof.

Ellis Island

Ellis Island was one of the main
immigration stations of the 1800’s.
Before Ellis Island was built, it was
referred to as Castle Garden. It
couldn’t handle the new flow of
immigrants, so, in 1892, the U.S.
government put in a new station.
The island that it was on was enlarged
to 3.3 acres and, as you may have
guessed, renamed to Ellis Island.
In the next two years, it was increased
even more to 14 acres.