It was composed of Irish. German. and Scandinavian elements. all of whom showed a strong tendency to merge into the generality of the population. after a generation or two. During the period from the Civil War to the First World War the history of Iowas people was largely contained in the immigrant tide of foreign born who poured into the State. Northern and eastern Iowa. in particular. received a heavy contingent of the foreign born and in almost all the counties of the State there is a section of the recent immigrants. People of German descent are the most numerous in the State and in a large number of the counties form the basic substratum of the population. These people began arriving in large numbers after the revolts of 1848 in Europe.
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