Case study: the very big apple with over eight million people, new york city is the most heavily populated city in the u. s. between 1800 and 1900, the population of new york increased from about 80,000 to over three million people. in the years after the civil war, the population of new york city tripled. with a large influx of european immigrants new york became known as the "melting pot." new york has always had the highest population density of any u. s. city. according to the 2000 census, new york city has about 26,403 people per square mile—almost twice the number of people per mile as chicago. based on the information in the text and your knowledge, what is the most likely effect of the increased immigration to new york city?

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the industrial revolution changed manufacture forever. one of the best examples to support the information in the paragraph was the textile industry. before the industrial revolution, people elaborated clothes by hand. they used wool and the clothes were hand-spun. but the industrial revolution brought new machines and technology that made this faster and cheaper. inventions such as the loom and the spinning wheel transformed the textile elaboration. cotton replaced wool and the product was fabricated more rapidly and at a better price.

abraham lincoln, according to anyone who was connected with agriculture, represented the worst of northern politicians. shortly after lincoln was elected, south carolina seceded from the union. they along with other southern states, retained their anger. in a way, it was their own fault: the democrats were split in the south. some wanted slavery to be extended in other states that were about to join the union and some didn't want it badly enough. lincoln had a solid backing from his party: the republicans were united in not wanting slavery to be expanded.