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The Midwest is the birthplace of the skyscraper and many other innovations that subsequently caught on nationwide.

The Midwest is the birthplace of the skyscraper and many other innovations that subsequently caught on nationwide.

The [[Iowa caucuses]] have asserted political preeminence for the [[Midwest]] in selecting the presidential nominees for each party, supplanting the historic role by [[New Hampshire]] in that important process.

The [[Iowa caucuses]] have asserted political preeminence for the Midwest in selecting the presidential nominees for each party, supplanting the historic role by [[New Hampshire]] in that important process.

== Cultural influence ==

== Cultural influence ==

Many of the greatest writers, painters, architects, and rock stars have come from the Midwest, including [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]], [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], [[Grant Wood]] ("[[American Gothic]]"), and [[John Cougar Mellencamp]].  Innovative [[American]] [[architecture]] nearly entirely originated as [[Midwest architecture]].

Many of the greatest writers, painters, architects, and rock stars have come from the Midwest, including [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]], [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], [[Grant Wood]] ("[[American Gothic]]"), and [[John Cougar Mellencamp]].  Innovative [[American]] [[architecture]] nearly entirely originated as [[Midwest architecture]].