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☆☆☆☆☆Ragtime music is the rhyme of how people danced and played when they where back in the 1800s. The Jim Crow Era was a post of the civil war Ragtime Music The main instrument used is the piano It was most popular between 1897-1918 The most famous rag-time composers were: Scott Joplin, Joseph Lamb, James Scott. Different styles of ragtime The Cakewalk, is an traditional African American form of music. This type of music was originally known as chalk-line music. Lots of the slaves would dance to this type of music. It gets it's name from on the plantations they held competitions the best dancer would get cake. Two-Step, is a dance with two steps in the same direction Slow Drag, it is associated with early ragtime, quite a lot of rags are slow drags Coon Song, it is a ragtime in a vocal form Ragtime Song Folk Ragtime Folk Rags Classic Rag Fox Trot Novelty Piano Stride Piano Was first introduced in America Scott Joplin's Maple-Leaf Rag inspired lot of other composers to write their own ragtime pieces. This sparked a nationwide craze. If you are in 9S please don't use this for music seeing as this is my work.
Progressives were interested in establishing a more transparent and accountable government which would work to improve U.S. society. These reformers favored such policies as civil service reform, food safety laws, and increased political rights for women and U.S. workers.
Bimetallism
There was very little need for skilled labor
The system kept many farmers in debt to merchants and banks.
Jacob Riis' book, How the Other Half Lives
they hoped these crops would bring more money.
railroads could charge as much as they likes
Organizing through local chapters
bonanza farmers
The political goal of farmers was lower prices for grain storage.
Cash crops could be ruined by a single disease.
Crops became smaller and lower in quality each year.
