2 Chapter 1 Young Amelia

Chapter 1 Young Amelia Amelia Mary Earhart was born in her grandmother's house in Atchison, Kansas, on July 24, 1897. The house was high on a hill. It had eleven rooms. Maids and a cook worked there. Dinner was served on fine china.

Amelia's mother's parents had a lot of money. But Amelia's father had trouble keeping a job. Edwin Earhart could barely make the payments on the family house in Kansas City. There were always money worries. But Amelia loved her parents—especially her handsome, funny father.

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When Amelia was seven, her father had enough money to take the family to see the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. Twenty million people came to the 1904 World's Fair. Forty-five countries set up exhibits. At the St. Louis Fair there were Eskimo villages and Japanese gardens. Each nation and state showed something about its own culture.

WORLD'S FAIRS World's Fairs have been popular events throughout the history of the United States. In 1876, a Centennial Exposition was held in Philadelphia. It marked the one hundredth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Ten years in the making, this World's Fair introduced people to many new things. One of the most popular exhibits showed a "new" machine called the typewriter! In 1893, a fair called the World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago. It was a grand event. One area at this fair was called the Midway Plaisance. The Midway featured popular entertainment. Here, the first Ferris wheel was introduced. It stood 260 feet tall and had 36 cars. It could hold more than two thousand people when full! "Building the World of Tomorrow" was the motto of the World's Fair held in New York City in 1939. A popular exhibit at this Fair was the Futurama. Visitors sat in moving chairs to get a glimpse of a city in the future. Modern buildings and huge highway systems "wowed" people of all ages. Another exhibit also got a lot of attention. Here people stared at a new invention called the television. Many wondered what good it might be in the future!

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