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Island Of Hope : The Journey To America And The Ellis Island Experience
Island Of Hope The Journey To America And The Ellis Island Experience Author:Martin Sandler On January 1, 1892, a fifteen-year-old Irish girl named Annie Moore made history when she became the first person to be processed at a new immigrant station at Ellis Island in New York Harbor. In the next 62 years more than 12 million other immigrants would follow. Many of these newcomers would be "pushed" into America--fleeing religio... more »us persecution, political oppression, or economic hardships in their native lands. Millions of others would be "pulled" into the United States by the promise of new opportunities.« less