Wizard Of Oz Quiz Flashcards
Dorothy
All American woman / man
Mary lease
Farmer / head of the national
Toto
Temperance / prohibition party
Always wants the party together
Miss Gulch ( wicked witch )
Banks / farmers mortgages
Cyclone
Populism / party
Came in like a tornado and lifted the farmers up
Munch inland
World of the east coast
Banking , industrial , commercial & political
Had industrial workers
Good witches from north / south
Northern / southern farmers alliance
Farmers alliance created the populist party
Death of the wicked witch of the east
Eastern banking
industrial establishments
Munchkins
Child labor
Immigrants
Little ppl enslaved by the witch until Dorothy frees them
William Bryan
Lion
Yellow brick road
Gold standard
Believed that the gold standard, like the yellow brick road , pitfalls 4 ordinary ppl
Silver shoes
Salvation for farmers
Bimetallism , easing $ supply & giving Americans greater access to credit
Monkeys
Native Americans
Once free until oz ruled the land
Oz
16 oz of silver = 1 oz of gold
Scarecrow
Stupidity of farmer who were once enlightened
Farmer , not respected
Tin man
Industrial workers
Industrial accidents
Hardened worker / closing of factories
Lion
Failed to win vote of industrial labor
Skepticism about politics
Wizard
President McKinney
Corrupted w/ no power
Power is an allusion - like the president
Emerald city
Washington, D.C.
Greenbacks
Wicked witch of west
Infertile soil / drought
Railroad companies
Forces of nature
Wicked witch of the west guards
Federal troops
Sent by government to help railroads
Death of wicked witch of west
Symbolizes that the drought in the west is over
