The American Civil War had an ever lasting, and in some cases most devastating, effect on the United States. Unlike with traditional war fought between two countries, the nature of the American Civil War made for certain that there would be a most devastated loser within the United States —turning out to be the Southern, Confederate States. Such compounded with the fact that the Northern, Union States could hardly consider theirselves victorious, due to the great losses they faced — reconstructing the United States in post Civil War America would be no small task for the divided nation. As one would guess, it was no small secret that the rest of the world had now taken the Civil War as a sign of America slipping into a dysfunctional, unstable,
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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
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