Arrival
The Registry room
Medical Exam
Detainees
Fun Facts
100

Which immigrants did not have to go through Ellis Island?

What was 1st and 2nd class

100

What was the registry room also called?

What was The Great Hall

100

What was put on a person’s clothing if a medical problem or disability was suspected?

What was a symbol on the person's shirt with chalk

100

How many questions were asked to the immigrants?

What is 29 questions

100

In what year did Ellis island open?

When was 1890

200

How long did the trip across the Atlantic Ocean take?

What is one to two weeks

200

After 1909, how much money did immigrants have to have to enter America?

What is $20

200

What was the first test the immigrants had to take called?

what was the Six-second physical

200

How many babies were born on the island?

What is 355

200

What was the name of the first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island?

Who was Annie Moore

300

How many immigrants made their first stop in America at Ellis Island?

What is 12,000,000

300

Why did the doctors watch the immigrants come up the steps?

What is to see if people had trouble walking or breathing or signs of other health problems

300

If someone received the X symbol, what was wrong with them?

what is Mental defect  

300

What happened if someone under the age of 16 was turned away?

What is a relative could go back home with them

300

Where is Ellis island?

Where is New Jersey coast, in the New York harbor

400

Why did health officers board the ship?

What is to check if anybody had an illness

400

Which disease was the eye doctor looking for?

What was trachoma

400

If someone received a P symbol, what was wrong with them?

what was Physical and lung problems

400

How long did legal detainees have to wait for their case to be reviewed?

What is anywhere from a few days to a month

400

What was the area on the first floor also known as, because it was where loved ones were reunited?

What is the kissing post?

500

What did the officers pass out to the immigrants?

What was numbered identity tags

500

What would a doctor use to lift the eye lid and check for trachoma?

What is a buttonhook

500

If someone had what looked like a circle with an X in the middle, what was wrong with them?

Definite signs of mental disease observed

500

What happened to people who were detained for medical reasons?

What is they were kept in the islands hospital or a quarantine

500

In the early 19th century, what was Ellis Island originally used for?

What is to hang convicted pirates and other criminals