The 1884, 1893, 1898, 1901, 1904, 1907, 1909, and not be forgotten, the 1915 (San Diego and San Fransisco) Worlds Fair’s all played a large role in the reconstruction process. Maybe most significant, was the 1893 World Fair, taking place in Chicago. Taking place in the 1893 World Fair, measures such as the “City Beautiful Movement” had a large impact on the United States’ efforts to reconstruct post Civil War, and as well as on the overall global perception of the United States at the time. Specifically, the 1893 Worlds Fair acted as one of the first exhibitions for the “City Beautiful Movement”. Such was demonstrated with the “White City” architectural feats featured in …show more content…
Another way America was able to achieve an exceptionalism perception was with policy/legislation measures taken by the government. One of the most extreme, but also extremely significant examples of such is the Spanish American War, beginning in 1898. The United States would ultimately go on to defeat Spain — given to victors (the United States) was the territories of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam. With the United States now controlling such territories — Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam — the “White Mans Burden” took on a significant role in the world, and most specifically as it related to the Philippines. The white mans burden became yet another example of America inflicting its belief of American Exceptionalism on the world in the years after the completion of the Civil