<P> The exposition covered more than 600 acres ( 2.4 km ) , featuring nearly 200 new ( but purposely temporary ) buildings of predominantly neoclassical architecture , canals and lagoons , and people and cultures from 46 countries . More than 27 million people attended the exposition during its six - month run . Its scale and grandeur far exceeded the other world 's fairs , and it became a symbol of the emerging American Exceptionalism , much in the same way that the Great Exhibition became a symbol of the Victorian era United Kingdom . </P>
what did the white city constructed for the 1893 world 's columbian exposition in chicago represent
emerging American Exceptionalism