A lot of things happened in the time period of Scott Joplin. Theodore Roosevelt became the President of the United States. Theodore Roosevelt and his wife made a big difference back then and now. The U.S. Population was at 75 million in the early 1900 and now the population is 323.1 million. The Galveston hurricane was one of the greatest storm in the 1900, a category 4 storm.
Scott Joplin was the second out of six children. Born on November 24,1868 in Northeast Texas. His father was a slave and his mother was a free women. Scott Joplin taught himself to play piano, but he also got help from a german music teacher. Scott Joplin wanted to perform in front of people and he saw that there church needed someone to play piano during mass. That is
