At processing stations officials met with immigrants to determine their medical condition and?

An immigrant receiving station that opened in 1892, where immigrants were given a medical examination and only allowed in if they were healthy.

the   square   deal   was   a   program   where   the   government gave any one   a fair   chance   to succeed

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.