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RAGTIME

2016-01-11 15:57:11 UTC

Tateh (Brian)

2016-01-11 19:20:20 UTC

Yiddish word for Father. In Ragtime, Tateh is a Jewish immigrant who endures extreme economic and social hardships in the U.S.

Matthew Henson (Alannah)

2016-01-11 19:21:23 UTC

African American explorer co-credited with finding the North Pole.

Vaudeville (Ethan)

2016-01-11 19:22:25 UTC

Form of theatre in which many unrelated acts are strung together for a full show.

U-boat

2016-01-11 19:22:34 UTC

German submarines used in WW1 and WW2

Katie

Shetet (Jahde)

2016-01-11 19:23:15 UTC

a small Jewish town or village in eastern Europe

Lower East Side (Rose)

2016-01-11 19:23:36 UTC

William Mckinley Assassination (Olivia)

2016-01-11 19:24:09 UTC

The 25th President of the United States, William McKinley, was shot and fatally wounded on September 6, 1901, inside the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley was shaking hands with the public when he was shot by Leon Czolgosz, ananarchist. The President died on September 14 from gangrene caused by the bullet wounds. McKinley became the third American president to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and James A. Garfield in 1881. - wikipedia

Socialism (Jahde)

2016-01-11 19:24:12 UTC

a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies

Tuskegee Institute

2016-01-11 19:24:22 UTC

Famous black university established in the late 1800s in Tuskegee, Alabama

Katie

New York Immigrant

2016-01-11 19:24:36 UTC

In the first decade of the 20th century, 9 million people immigrated to America

Frieda

Jim Europe Clef Club Orchestra (Alannah)

2016-01-11 19:24:49 UTC

James Reese Europe founded the Clef Club. which was a 100-piece orchestra of entirely black musicians. Europe composed his music around his role in the American jazz scene.

Prayer Shawl

2016-01-11 19:24:50 UTC

A fringed shawl traditionally worn by Jewish men during prayer; tallith

Katherine

Tom Thumb (Brian

2016-01-11 19:25:05 UTC

Dwarfed circus performer that travelled across the world.

Rabbi {Bre'Asia}

2016-01-11 19:25:15 UTC

a Jewish scholar or teacher, especially one who studies or teaches Jewish law.

Charles Whitman (Ethan)

2016-01-11 19:25:55 UTC

41st Governor of New York (1915-1918)

Sarajevo {Bre'Asia}

2016-01-11 19:26:09 UTC

compact city on the Miljacka River where the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparked World War I

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

kosher: food satisfying the jewish law

2016-01-11 19:26:17 UTC

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Lusitania (Rose)

2016-01-11 19:26:48 UTC

British Ocean liner, briefly the worlds largest passenger ship

Mary Pickford

2016-01-11 19:26:55 UTC

A Canadian- American actress who was significant in the development of Hollywood films and was one of "America's Sweethearts"

Katherine

Minstrel Shows (Olivia)

2016-01-11 19:27:00 UTC

The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American form of entertainment developed in the 19th century of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music, performed by white people in blackface or, especially after the U.S. Civil War, by black people.

Empire (Zion)

2016-01-11 19:27:04 UTC

an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.

Trade Unions

2016-01-11 19:27:29 UTC

Represents interests of workers in the U.S.

Many supported strikes, fighting for better wages adn working hours

Rose with the industrial revolution of the early 1900s

Katie

Hammerstein's Olympia (Bayleigh)

2016-01-11 19:28:11 UTC

The Olympia Theatre, also known as Hammerstein's Olympia, was built by Oscar Hammerstein Longacre Square (Later known as Timews Square). Opened 1895

Slums

2016-01-11 19:28:24 UTC

In 1900, 2.3 million people lived in NYC slums

Frieda

Stevedore (Jahde)

2016-01-11 19:28:31 UTC

a person employed, or a contractor engaged, at a dock to load and unload cargo from ships.

The Morgan Library (Olivia)

2016-01-11 19:28:58 UTC

The Morgan Library, originally called the Pierpont Morgan Library, was a library originally built in the 20th century as J. P. Morgans private library

2016-01-11 19:29:11 UTC

Yiddish (Ethan)

2016-01-11 19:29:33 UTC

Language that is a cross between German and Hebrew

Scott Joplin (Alannah)

2016-01-11 19:29:46 UTC

African American pianist and composer famous for his ragtime compositions. He was known as the "King of Ragtime Writers." His style helped transition Americans' taste of music to a more liberal form.

Lativa: a county in Europe, by the Baltic Sea

2016-01-11 19:30:10 UTC

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Ashkenazi (Honesty)

2016-01-11 19:30:16 UTC

a Jew of central or eastern European descent

Philharmonic

2016-01-11 19:30:21 UTC

adj. devoted to music

n. a symphonic orchestra

Katherine

Trade Unions (Brian)

2016-01-11 19:30:47 UTC

Independent working groups comprised of workers themselves; they are dedicated to protecting and serving out the interests of themselves, instead of corporate employers. At this time, strikes and trade unions were quite popular in places without equal employment opportunities.

Moses in the Bulrushes (Olivia)

2016-01-11 19:31:43 UTC

A biblical story about a boy hidden by his mother in a basket to keep him from being drowned by Egyptians, by rule of the Pharaoh. The Pharaohs daughter finds him and raises him, and becomes Egyptian royalty.

Mamaroneck (ROse)

2016-01-11 19:31:56 UTC

Village in Westchester County

North Pole

2016-01-11 19:32:11 UTC

Peary "discovered" the North Pole in 1909

Lawrence Mill Strike:

2016-01-11 19:33:33 UTC

1912, Lawrence, Massachusetts

strikers wanted 15% increase in pay

maintenance of 54 hours work week

double pay for overtime

strike was violent

most workers in this mill was women and young children

-serena

Our Gang

2016-01-11 19:33:41 UTC

Also known as The Little Rascals, it was a TV series that portrayed a diverse group of poor children between 1922 and 1944.

Frieda

Coon Songs (Bayleigh)

2016-01-11 19:34:27 UTC

coon songs were a genre of music that presented a stereotyped image of African Americans.Popular in the United States from 1880 to 1920

The Clef Club March (Alannah)

2016-01-11 19:34:51 UTC

Mass Production (Rose)

2016-01-11 19:34:59 UTC

Contributed to the industrial revolution in America, created many factory jobs. One example relevant to Ragtime is that Model-T created by Henry Ford was mass produced in an assembly line.

Maple Leaf Rag played by Scott Joplin (Alannah)

2016-01-11 19:35:56 UTC

Pantasote

2016-01-11 19:37:03 UTC

An imitation leather material

Gutenberg Bible (Bayleigh)

2016-01-11 19:37:03 UTC

Written in Latin, the Gutenberg Bible is an edition of the Vulgate, mass printed by Johannes Gutenberg , in Mainz, in present-day Germany, in the 1450s.

extremely rare and valuable.

Lower East Side (rose)

2016-01-11 19:37:36 UTC

Traditionally an immigrant working class neighborhood.

Zion: Tar and Feather

2016-01-11 19:38:07 UTC

smear with tar and then cover with feathers as a punishment.

Parasols

2016-01-11 19:38:23 UTC

A type of sun umbrella used by women

Frieda

Admiral Peary

2016-01-11 19:38:46 UTC

An American explorer who claimed to be the first to reach the North Pole.

Katherine

Harlem (Bayleigh)

2016-01-11 19:38:51 UTC

Harlem is a large neighborhood within the northern section of the New York City borough of Manhattan. Harlem has been known as a major African-American cultural epicenter

Lusitania (Rose)

2016-01-11 19:40:03 UTC

RMS Lucitania was a major British Ocean Liner that at one point was the largest passenger ship.

Atlantic City (Honesty)

2016-01-11 19:41:15 UTC

Atlantic City is a resort city on New Jersey's Atlantic coast that's known for its many casinos, wide beaches and iconic Boardwalk. Established in the 1800s as a health resort, today the city is dotted with glitzy high-rise hotels and nightclubs. In addition to gambling at slot machines and table games, the casinos offer spa treatments, performances by famous comedy and music acts, and high-end shopping.

Stevedore

2016-01-11 19:45:37 UTC

a person employed, or a contractor engaged, at a dock to load and unload cargo from ships.

Anarchism (Honesty)

2016-01-11 19:47:05 UTC

belief in the abolition of all government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion.

Aeolian Piano ( Honesty)

2016-01-11 19:49:57 UTC

Is a automatic piano

kinde= child in Yiddish

2016-01-11 19:50:01 UTC

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