Read the excerpt from immigrant kids, and then answer the question. most immigrants passed through ellis island in about one day. carrying all their worldly possessions, they left the examination hall and waited on the dock for the ferry that would take them to manhattan, a mile away. some of them still faced long journeys overland before they reached their final destination. others would head directly for the teeming immigrant neighborhoods of new york city. what best paraphrases the central idea of the excerpt? some ellis island travelers took long journeys before reaching their final home. the ferry ride to manhattan from ellis island was a one-mile journey. it usually took one day to get through ellis island if people had many possessions. after leaving ellis island, the newcomers went on to live in many different places.

After leaving Ellis Island, the newcomers went on to live in many different places.

Explanation:

Russell Freedman in his book "Immigrant Kids" tells of how young newcomers to America had to undergo various trials and hardships to get to their destinations. It gives a rare insight into the lives of these immigrant kids and their ordeals during their journeys.

For these kids in search of freedom, they had come to America, the 'land of the free'. But the freedom they encountered was of a different kind. They had to do menial and odd jobs if they are to survive in the new place.

Ellis Island is the immigration station that enables the U.S. government to check the influx of immigrants into it's soil. The passage in the question is a perfect paraphrasing of the newcomers who left Ellis Island to live in many different places.

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