I believe it is a means to harvest the area of all timber, which can be beneficial for economic reasons and the ecosystem
A i believe. This is because it does not always go for popular vote and is always taking away power from states just cause of their population.
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The main difference is which part of Europe they came from, and the numbers of immigrants. There were many, many more "New Immigrants'" than old, 20 million people between 1880 - 1920. And the New Immigrants came mostly from southern and Eastern Europe, which meant they were almost all Catholics.