How Did The 1893 World's Fair Shape America Today

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The 1893 World’s Fair
Imagine what it would be like if America wasn’t what it is today. What if there was no technology, no security and people could do whatever they wanted to. That might sound like a lot of fun but in reality, it would be chaos. With the help of the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, the world is not like that. How did the 1893 World’s Fair affect and shape America today? It shaped America today by listening to the message of the fair and also changing security. In addition, the fair helped shape American culture, commerce, and technology. The Chicago World’s Fair (Columbian Exposition) was meant to celebrate the four-hundredth anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the new world. This also brought America Columbus Day which we still celebrate today. The fair started May 1st, 1893, which is a year after they originally planned to have the fair start. It went on for six months and closed on October 30th, 1893. It was held in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance and occupied about six hundred and thirty acres. The …show more content…

Similar to the Chicago World’s Fair, it also had a big impact on America. It opened May thirty-first and closed November thirtieth. It was hosted in South Philadelphia between the Naval Yard and Packer Avenue, and between Tenth and Twenty-Third Streets. Unfortunately for early fairgoers, the fair was open, but it was not quite finished. Philadelphiaencyclopedia.org stated that “Several buildings remained under construction until late July, nearly two months into a six-month run.”
Philadelphiaencyclopedia.org states that “There were five large “palaces,” or exhibition halls that provided acres of indoor exhibition space, and pavilions represented thirty-one states, four territories, and nine foreign nations.” They stated that “Several buildings remained under construction until late July, nearly two months into a six-month

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