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Ellis Island - Immigration
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History
5th Grade
01/05/2009

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indentured servants
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have signed a contract which says they'll serve the person who paid for their trip
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a criminal record
Definition
remembers all the crimes a person has committed
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to improve something
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means to make something better
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a bench
Definition
a long seat for two or more people
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featured
Definition
offered
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a ward
Definition
a large room
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a detainee
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a person who was kept at Ellis Island for some time
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a hooked tool
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a curved instrument
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a hooked tool
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a curved instrument
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when people do something by themselves
Definition
they do it on their own
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you take a literacy test
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to see if you can read & write
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People who owe money to someone else
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indebted
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an area
Definition
a surface
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when you purchase something
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you buy it
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people who are easy targets
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are easily recognized as people who can be attacked
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safe
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the opposite of dangerous
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the leg of a journey
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is the part of the trip
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to outlive
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means to survive something
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when you pace a room
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you walk up and down or back and forth
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when you board a ship
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you embark
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to witness
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to see something and be able to report it
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to dock
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means to touch the mainland
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opposite of an island
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is the mainland
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a trunk
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is a very large case
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immigrants were processes
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or they were taken through immigration
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a steamship
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is a boat
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3rd class passengers travel
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steerage
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a fare
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is the price you pay for a trip
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a common sight
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an ordinary sight
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you suffer from a disability
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when you can't do something because of mental or physical problems
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your belongings
Definition
are all the things you've got
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a decade
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a period of ten years
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when you are aboard the ship
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you are on the ship
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medical chart
Definition
a medical report
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when you are frightened of something
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you dread it
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chalk is white
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used to make a mark on an immigrant's clothing
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a mental disease
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a mental sickness or illness
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people who cannot walk suffer from
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lameness
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a fungus
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a parasitic infection of the skin
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a training ground
Definition
a place where you can learn and practice something
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a slip
Definition
an inclined ramp
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a slip
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an inclined ramp
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an x-ray plant
Definition
a lab where they photograph your organs and/or bones
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