Question

This is an excerpt from an eighth-grade history textbook:

Over 27 million people visited the 1893 Columbian

Exposition in Chicago, at a time when the total U.S.

population was only 65 million. People didn't just come

from all over the United States; they came from all over the

world to see what this young nation was about.

Which statement best represents the main idea of this source?

A. The 1893 Columbian Exposition was in Chicago.

B. Over 27 million people visited the Columbian Exposition.

C. The U.S. population in 1893 was 65 million.

D. The 1893 Columbian Exposition was very popular.

Answer 1

it was A

Step-by-step explanation:

I did the quiz and i got D wrong and then it said it was A

Answer 2

The correct answer is D) The 1893 Columbian Exposition was very popular.

The statement that best represents the main idea of this source is "The 1893 Columbian Exposition was very popular."

This is the correct answer because the excerpt tries to convey the idea that despite the United States was a young nation with a population of just 65 million people, the 1893 Columbian Exposition attracted 27 million people from all over the world, a fact that made the exhibition to be a very popular one.

This meant that although a young nation, the United States generated great expectations in different parts of the world to know its culture, customs, political and economic advances, and social organization.