1. Populism

2.  Inflation:  Supply Demand value $$  Deflation:  Supply Demand value $$

3.  3. Why does deflation hurt farmers?  Sold crops for less, but still owed the same amount on loans  4. Three goals of the Populists?  Increase farm power, reform, silver  5. Whose support did they try to gain?  Union

4.  6. Who were the populists?  Farmers  7. This period was called the ___ ____?  Gilded Age  8. How did Cleveland want to end depression?  Repeal Sherman Silver Act, money only backed by gold

5.  9. Nickname for supporters of Cleveland plan?  Goldbug  10. How did populists want to end Depression?  Silver Coins  11. What were they called?  Silverities

6. Wizard of Oz  Lyman Frank Baum’s Wizard of Oz was published in 1900. Many of you are familiar with the movie that followed a few decades later, and still plays regular on TV today. Scholars throughout the 20th Century have found many Populist symbols throughout the story. Here are a couple of hints that you may find useful as you search for this symbolism. Whereas the movie uses ruby slippers, the original story had silver slippers. Also, in Baum’s version, Emerald City only appeared green because the characters were required to wear glasses that made it appear to be so.

7. Scarecrow  Farmers

8. Tin Man  Industrial workers  Industrial (no Heart)

9. Cowardly lion  Reformer, not really cowardly  William Jennings Bryan

10. Yellow brick road  Gold  Dorothy walks on in Sliver slippers, relationship between two metals

11. Emerald City  Greenbacks  DC – capital  Only appears nice through glasses, gilded age

12. The Wicked Witch of the East  Bankers nothing for farmers

13. The Wicked Witch of the West  Nature, water  Mortgage companies, heartless

14. The Wizard of Oz  Politicians  Gilded  Pres. McKinley

15. Dorothy  Every person  Toto  teetotaler, allies of silverites

16. Ruby Slipper’s  Book Silver Slippers  Held power till the end of the story

17. Oz  Ounces abbreviated

18. The poppy fields  Only effect Dorothy and Lion  Drugs?

19. Munchkins  Little people, middle class

20. Glinda  Movie combines Good witch of North and South  Influence of North and South  In movie North only witch left

21. Monkeys  Native Americans  Pinkerton Agents

22. Kansas  Drought  Populist strong hold

23. Cyclone  Idea of change  Victory of silver forces