http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/3418/violette-hp-ho Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Mon, 18 May 2026 19:06:34 -0400 Mon, 18 May 2026 19:06:34 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1391/the-ferris-wheel-the-worlds-columbian-exposition-of-1893-and-the-display-of-american-superiority By Violette H.P. Ho - The appearance of new technology such as electric lights and skyscrapers in urban centers prompted many to see cities as places of excitement and economic advancement. As more people continued to migrate, these American cities begun to suffer from overcrowding. In some areas, such as in New York City, the population reached as high as 334,000 people per square mile. Women made as little as 25 cents a day for working in a sweatshop. Most city dwellers barely earned enough to get by. They live in tenements with dozens of other families, with no access to safe drinking water. People sold food on... Sun, 17 Apr 2016 02:48 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1391/the-ferris-wheel-the-worlds-columbian-exposition-of-1893-and-the-display-of-american-superiority