The combination of Yankee ingenuity with the methodical nature of the industrious. hardworking people. most of them stemming from northern Europe. who settled there. has been of outstanding value in building up Iowas industries such as washing machines..meat packing. cereal processing. mining. woodworking. banking and insurance operations. Even the hazards of drought and other agricultural plagues have been overcome by the greater development of industry and diversification of interests. . The immigrant heritage has also modified the New Englander to create a vigorous. artistic. and literary development of I wans. There are many art. literary. and music societies. small magazines. discussion groups. and other evidence of growing cultural life. Many Iowans have migrated farther west.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about the methodical nature of people from Northern Europe.