think of Ellis Island‚ you usually think of a historical landmark. But Ellis Island has a long and interesting history to it. Back in the 1800s‚ Samuel Ellis owned Ellis Island. He made the island into a picnic place for the Swedish. It was purchased in 1808 by the Federal Government to be used as a Government Arsenal Fort. The need for immigration was first realized in 1847 when a severe potato famine in Ireland led to thousands of starving people storming into New England and New York. Ellis Island
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Chapter 1 Summary Bryon and Mark start this chapter in a pool hall where they are planning to make some money hustling pool. They are only sixteen years old‚ so it is illegal for them to be in a pool hall with a bar in it but they are usually successful at hustling because they look so innocent. After checking for an undercover cop and not finding one‚ Bryon asks Charlie‚ the bartender for a CCoke. Charlie reminded him that he and Mark already owed for three dollars worth of CokeCokes and refused
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Ellis Island‚ established in January 1st‚ 1892 opened as three large ships wait to land. 700 immigrants passed through Ellis Island that day‚ and nearly 450‚000 followed over the course of that first year. Ellis Island located in Upper New York Bay‚ was the hope for over 12 million immigrants‚ making the Ellis Island as the country’s busiest immigrant station from 1892 until 1954. Workers tested immigrants in the Great Hall shown in the picture to see if the foreigners were eligible to work in
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William Ellis was born in Salford‚ Greater Manchester in the United Kingdom. He was born on August 24‚1794. He was born to two hard working parents. William was a missionary in Hawaii and he was also a famous writer. He made a big impact on the people he was a missionary to and has many well-known books that have been published. His books are about his life as a missionary and his wife. I picked him because all of the places he visited were interesting to me. They were interesting because I like
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Summary: Introduction The novel opens with an unnamed narrator recounting a train trip through Iowa the previous summer with an old friend named Jim Burden‚ with whom the narrator grew up in a small Nebraska town. The narrator recalls talking with Jim about childhood on the prairie‚ and then notes that while they both live in New York‚ they don’t see each other much‚ since Jim is frequently away on business and since the narrator doesn’t really like Jim’s wife. The narrator resumes talking about
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who lived during these times of great social and economic change‚ put forward theories and approaches to try and make sense of the changing society around them and the consequences these changes would have. In this essay I will refer to the main founding fathers of sociology: Comte‚ Durkheim‚ Marx and Weber. I will discuss their main ideas and concerns about the changing societies that they encountered. The Frenchman Auguste Comte (1798-1857) grew up in the wake of the French revolution of 1789
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The Founding Document means the constitution‚ will or other written instrument in terms of which an organisation is established and governed. Citizenship is the status of being a citizen. If you have citizenship in a country‚ you have the right to live there‚ work‚ vote‚ and pay taxes. There are six main principles in the constitution. The first one being Popular Sovereignty. This means that the people hold ultimate power in the government. The second one is Limited Government meaning that no government
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Elli: Coming of Age in the Holocaust The book Elli: Coming of Age in the Holocaust provides much information on what happened during this time. It is a biography by Livia E. Bitton Jackson. Livia Jackson was thirteen when she was taken to Auschwitz. After liberation‚ she completed high school in displaced person camps in Germany. In 1951‚ she traveled to the U.S. on a refugee ship and completed her higher education‚ later receiving a Ph.D. from N.Y.U. Since‚ she has taught at several colleges
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Khanh Luong & Derek Luong Chapter 10 Asia in the Early Modern Era The Early European Colonization of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is magnet for Europeans. Southeast Asia is kaleidoscope of states and cultures. Island Southeast Asia’s political fragmentation and desirable products made the region easy prey for European domination. The Malay Peninsula is the place for trading between East and South Asia. The Philippines is the place where Chinese sailing junks had been trading. The Portuguese‚ the
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Eduardo Salazar 9D Summary North-anger Abby Chapter 11 The father of the Tilney brothers does not want Frederick and Isabella getting married because she does not have money‚ compared to their family. Catherine’s family is a little richer than Isabella’s family‚ but she thinks how General Tilney has been good to her. Catherine and Henry try to discover about how Frederick will take care of his apparent marriage to Isabella. Henry goes home to be ready for they to come. Catherine is amazed
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