Ellis Island - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

When did Ellis Island become an immigration station?

1854

1892

1914

1954

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How many immigrants have gone through Ellis Island?

12 million

16 million

20 million

26 million

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How many immigrants were processed during 1892?

45 000

52 000

450 000

520 000

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How was Ellis Island expanded to house the immigration station?

With landfill from the excavation of the NYC subway tunnels

A bridge was build between Ellis Island and Liberty Island

The immigration station floats on the sea

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What happened in 1897?

The U.S. Government opened a second immigration station

An earthquake destroyed the immigration station

The U.S. Government decided to close the immigration station

A fire destroyed the immigration station

6.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

What are the different rooms you can find in the new immigration station after 1897?

A bathroom

A museum

A classroom

A roof garden and other recreation areas

A dining hall

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How was called the inspection of the immigrants when they arrived on Ellis Island?

The “Two hour Medical Exam”

The “Full Physical Exam”

The “Six Second Medical Exam”

The “Speech Test”

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How many time was needed to be processed?

Between 6 and 8 seconds

Between 1 and 2 hours

Between 3 and 4 hours

Between 6 and 8 hours

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How many questions were asked to the immigrants?

15

22

29

65

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the part of the immigrants who were denied admission?

2%

8%

10%

25%

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the part of the immigrants who remained in New York after leaving Ellis Island?

One third

The half

The quarter

A tenth

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

When did Ellis Island process the most of immigrants?

1892

1897

1902

1907

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why did immigration decrease in the 1920s?

Because the European immigrants didn’t want to go to the USA anymore

Because a fire destroyed the immigration station

Because a new legislation ended the era of mass immigration

14.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

How was used Ellis Island during WWII?

As a detainment center

As a training facility

As a weapon factory

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

When did Ellis Island become a museum?

1954

1976

1990

2007

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the part of the U.S citizens which can trace at last part of their ancestry to Ellis Island?

10%

20%

30%

40%

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