DOROTHY

Represents the “Common Man”

Toto

Represents the small possessions the “common man”

has.

Wicked Witch of the East

Represents the eastern banking interests

Silver Slippers

Changed to Ruby Slippers in the film.

Represented “Free Silver” idea, that free coinage of silver will take us where

we want to go.

Good Witch of the North

Represents the Union, which won the Civil War

Munchkins

Represent the “little people” of the U.S.

Yellow Brick Road

Represents the “Gold Standard” which is the road

to ruin.

Scarecrow

Represented the farmers of America

Tin Man

Represented the industrial workers of the Northeast

Cowardly Lion

Represents William Jennings Bryan, who ran for President 6 times and got lesser men than

himself elected but never became President himself.

Wicked Witch of the West

Represented Nature

Water

Killed the Wicked Witch of the West

Represented what was needed to tame the west.

Flying Monkeys

Represented the Indian tribes of the

Great Plains

Emerald City

Represented Washington, DC

The Wizard

Represented all the Presidents of the United States, from

Washington to McKinley

Oz

Represented how gold was measured,

by the ounce (oz)