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.
Who is the intended audience of this source?
A. Students in an eighth-grade history class
B. Americans living in the late 1800s
C. People interested in Chicago history
D. Elementary school students