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Chicago
Title: Chicago
Category: History
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Chicago
The Columbian Exposition of 1893
In 1890, Congress approved a World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America. During the second half of the 19th century there were fairs and expositions held in London, Paris, and other great cities throughout the world. The World's Columbian Exposition, held in 1893, was the first significant and economically successful U.S. world's fair.
In this paper I will discuss the history of the Columbian …showed first 75 words of 1149 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1149 total…for once able to stand next to Europe as a country with “culture.”
In conclusion, The United States relationships with other countries was strengthened at the Exposition. It was not intimidating but rather a sharing of ideas for the century to come.
In the 1890s the US was going through a lot of changes and in a sense the Expo was an “Illusion”
a “wonderland” and a “dreamland”. But these were dreams that came true.
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