1. Where is this ship approaching? How do you know?
2. Why is it that the Statue of Liberty would be such an important focal point of this picture?
3. Look at the couple in the bottom left corner, after examining their body language what do you discern was the purpose of this picture?
4. Look at each of the people in the picture, what class do you think most of these immigrants belonged to? How might this have effected their decision to come to America?
5. What hopes might each of the people in this picture have? What fears might they have?
6. How might this picture have been used as an advertisement for immigration? Do you think the advertisement would have existed in the USA or the country or origin of the immigrants?
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