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A 5 page paper which examines some of the statistics
involved in immigration through Ellis Island. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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where this nation came from with its immense number of immigrants and it serves as a reminder of a past that is so easily forgotten. The following paper answers fourteen
different questions, presented by the student requesting this paper, regarding Ellis Island. 1) How many immigrants passed through Ellis Island? As would be expected, there is
a great deal of variation in the statistics that truly detail how many people have actually come through Ellis Island. It is estimated that the island saw perhaps 225,000 immigrants
from the close of the Revolutionary War to the year 1820 (Alfano, 1998). From 1820 to the year 1890 It has been claimed that the amount of immigrants had reached
15,641,688 (Alfano, 1998). Then we further note that from 1892 to 1954 it is believed that over 12 were processed through Ellis Island (Burghardt, 2004). It was in 1954 that
Ellis Island was officially closed as an immigration center. However, we note that one author indicates that from 1820 to 1979, the United States saw perhaps more than 49 million
people immigrate into the country (U.S. Society, 2004). 2) Why did immigration decrease between 1921 and 1940? It was in the 1924 that the government passed
what is known as National Origins Act and this was responsible for a great decrease in the number of people who came to Ellis Ilans (Smith, 2004). This particular act
set limits on the number of people from specific countries. This number was based on the number of that ethnicity that were already living in the United States. many people
from specific countries would be admitted to the United States. The limits were based on the number of people from that country already living in the country. In 1929 there
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