Lesson 64: The Growth of America

     After Napoleon was defeated in 1815 immigration increased in America.
 Because of the great amounts of people coming to the U.S. the New York legislature turned the southern tip of Manhattan into a receiving center for the immigrants.
 Most of the immigrants were from Ireland and Germany. They couldn't afford to buy land in the West so they stayed in the east cities.
 Times were hard for the Irish for a long time until they began to get a hold of small properties, they eventually came to control the police force in New York.
 Later the constitutions were revised to allow all white men positions in America.