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Ellis Island and Quarantine

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Difference between Ellis Island and Quarantine

Ellis Island vs. Quarantine

Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the U.S. as the United States' busiest immigrant inspection station for over 60 years from 1892 until 1954. A quarantine is used to separate and restrict the movement of people; it is a 'a restraint upon the activities or communication of persons or the transport of goods designed to prevent the spread of disease or pests', for a certain period of time.

Similarities between Ellis Island and Quarantine

Ellis Island and Quarantine have 5 things in common (in Unionpedia): Coast guard, Ellis Island, Liberty Island, Philadelphia Lazaretto, Swinburne Island.

Coast guard

A coast guard or coastguard is a maritime security organization of a particular country.

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Ellis Island

Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the U.S. as the United States' busiest immigrant inspection station for over 60 years from 1892 until 1954.

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Liberty Island

Liberty Island is a federally owned island in Upper New York Bay in the United States, best known as the location of the Statue of Liberty.

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Philadelphia Lazaretto

The Philadelphia Lazaretto was the first quarantine hospital in the United States, built in 1799, in Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

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Swinburne Island

Swinburne Island is the smaller of two artificial islands created in the Lower New York Bay east of South Beach, Staten Island for quarantine of immigrants, the other being Hoffman Island.

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Ellis Island and Quarantine Comparison

Ellis Island has 271 relations, while Quarantine has 111. As they have in common 5, the Jaccard index is 1.31% = 5 / (271 + 111).

References

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