Wizard of oz Flashcards
(21 cards)
Dorothy
Americans at their best
Mary lease
Toto
Prohibition party, tea instead of alcohol, allies of populist party
Miss gulch
Banks, mortgages- threaten to take farms
Cyclone
Populist movement hit hard and lifted farmers out of their mind set
Munchkin land
World of east coast banking, industrial workers, immigrants
Munchkins
Child labor/workers
Lollipop guild
Good witches from north and south
Northern and southern farmers alliance (created populist party)
Political power is like witchcraft
wicked witch of the east
Eastern banking/industrial establishment
Death of wicked witch of the east
Killed by what farmers lose if they don’t pay their bills
Yellow brick road
Gold standard
Had many pitfalls
Silver shoes
Bimetallism- easing the money supply (salvation for farmers)
Oz
16:1 oz of silver to gold
Scarecrow
Dumb farmers
Tin man
Hardened worker industrial worker
Cowardly lion
William Jennings Bryan
The wizard
President William McKinley
Emerald city
Washington DC
Greenbacks
Monkeys
Native Americans
Wicked witch of the west guards
Fed troops sent by government
Death of wicked witch of the west
Destructive forces of nature
Wicked witch of the west
RR companies, the drought, infertile soil