A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . McKINLEYS ADMINISTRATION. 461 Pan-American Exposition.—Of the events of 1901, oneof the most notable was an exposition held at Buffalo, NewYork, for the purpose of displaying the products of theAmerican repuj^lics. It was on a much smaller scale thanthe Worlds Fairs of 1876 and 1893, but formed a beautifuland artistic exhibition, its vari-colored buildings being veryattractive and its electrical display far surpassing anythingof the kind ever before seen. On December 1, 1901, anattractive South Carolina, Interstate, a
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . McKINLEYS ADMINISTRATION. 461 Pan-American Exposition.—Of the events of 1901, oneof the most notable was an exposition held at Buffalo, NewYork, for the purpose of displaying the products of theAmerican repuj^lics. It was on a much smaller scale thanthe Worlds Fairs of 1876 and 1893, but formed a beautifuland artistic exhibition, its vari-colored buildings being veryattractive and its electrical display far surpassing anythingof the kind ever before seen. On December 1, 1901, anattractive South Carolina, Interstate, and West IndianExposition was opened at Charleston, South Carolina. Census of 1900.—An important event of the year 1900was the taking of the twelfth census of the United gave a total population of 76,303,387, being an in-crease of more than 13,000,000 since 1890. Of this popu-lation, the foreign born numbered 10,460,085; the colored,8,840,789; the Indian, 266,861; the Chinese, 119,050; andthe Japanese, 85,986. Many of these Chinese and the bulkof the Japane
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