According to "the workers of ellis island" the workforce was small. exhausted. easy going. well organized.

According to 'The workers of Ellis Island', the workforce was well-organised.  

Explanation:

Ellis Island was an immigration inspection station located at Ellis Island in Newyork harbour. Ellis Island had several workers like doctors, nurses, social workers, inspectors etc. Their job was to process thousands of immigrants that came every year.  

Ensuring the legal and medical fitness of the immigrants was the duty of the Ellis Island staff. Most of the immigrants could get through the immigration inspection while some were detained.  

sitting in that one chair where he could get shot at was his worst decision.

i think the answer is: cuba wanted to be independent from spain, and the u.s. wanted to end spanish rule in the west.

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-lavira : )