Why were the 1904 Olympic Games, originally awarded to Chicago, Illinois, USA, eventually held in St Louis, Missouri?

Question

At which Olympic Games were some events held close to a major monument to a country-defining civil war and a site remembered for a racial oppression movement?

Answer 1

Missouri was already holding an international event in 1904, in St Louis
The event was the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The Chicago fire happened, but in 1871.