00immigrants and 125 employees were asleep when the first blast went off. No one was seriously injured but the explosions caused $400,000 worth of damage (Queensbury 3).
             The beginning of World War I in 1917 marked the beginning of the end for Ellis Island. During this time anti-immigration sentiment, isolationist hostilities, and the activities of the Ku Klux Klan were at an all time high. These factors caused Ellis Island to change from a
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