Angel Island

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Angel Island
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Angel Island

• Building of China Cove as Angel Island began in
  1905.
• Located in California, the purpose of the Island
  was to keep control of Asians coming into the
  U.S.
• We know much less about Angel Island because
  records were lost.

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Angel Island

• Unlike Ellis Island which welcomed immigrants
  Angel Island was originally a detention center
  for Chinese who were attempting to enter the U.S.
• Due to the Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese were
  not allowed into the U.S.

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Angel Island

• While the Chinese were excluded from coming in,
  Japanese immigrants were allowed to immigrate.

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Picture Brides

• Often the early immigrants were picture brides.
• Women who had been matched with men in the United
  States via a match maker and were coming to the
  U.S. to marry.

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Life on Angel Island

• Men and women were held separately, just like
  Ellis Island.
• Immigrants were interrogated for days in hopes
  that they would have to be deported.
• Immigrants would be held for days, months, or
  years before being either deported or released.

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