Wizard of Oz Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 3. This is seen to represent Washington D.C , its the capital city of the fictional Land of Oz
  2. 9. A small dog that represents average American people, and exposes what a fraud the Wizard is.
  3. 10. The gold road leading to power is a symbol of the gold standard.
  4. 13. Represent the common people or ordinary U.S. citizens.
  5. 14. The Kansas innocent, represents the nobility of middle and Midwestern low income America.
  6. 17. A symbol of eastern commerce. Evil character in the book.
  7. 20. This represents farmers who wanted the dollar's value to be fixed in both silver and gold ratios because of monetary political considerations at the time. (Dorothy wore it on her feet)
  8. 21. This seems to represent the White House, and in the story is the capitol building of Oz
  9. 22. The place that Dorothy wants to go too and a shorthand for gold, which was a popular political issue at the time, with people rallying for set gold and silver ratios.
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  1. 1. Represents the interests of southern farmers. This creates a distinction between the evil industrialists of the west and the railroad tycoons of the west.
  2. 2. Throughout the story Dorothy is discovering what type of person she really is. In the beginning she see’s herself as a shy little girl from Kansas who is hopeless in a sense. But as the story goes on she finds her true self and discovers she is more than just a girl from Kansas and she is capable of doing anything that she sets her mind too.This can represent how people in the United States who lived in the MidWest were feeling after their farm land got destroyed, but needed to find their way back up.
  3. 4. A politician named William Jennings Bryan was a supporter of the free silver movement in the late 1800s. They are said to represent Bryan, who was viewed as someone with a powerful roar but no bite.
  4. 5. The most evil on the land she represents William McKinley, the politician who defeated Williams Jennings Bryant during the free silver campaign.
  5. 6. They represent Native Americans, and when Dorothy and her friends meet up with the monkeys, they are told that they were once a free people who lived peacefully in the jungle, eating fruit and nuts and doing whatever they pleased without having to call anyone boss. They are seen as these foreign creatures who aren’t nice and need to be taken off their land, even though they haven’t done anything wrong. This seems to be related to the plight of Native Americans who had been forced off their land by Americans migrating from the East.
  6. 7. Represents wester farmers. He grumbled about not having a brain but ended up being the best problem solver of the four travelers.
  7. 8. Good character in the book they represent the northern workers is the last 1800s early 1900s
  8. 11. In the world of Oz, the social movements that are represented in the story is a metaphor for a particular movement. The rising political force in the 1890’s and the critiques that the government are facing because of the rising of a political third-party also known to help farmers and small degree factory workers are put in place.In the story every character is represented by this movement that focuses on industrial workers like farmers (scarecrow) and factory workers (Tinwoodman)
  9. 12. Caregiver of Dorothy and was a well known farmer. This person was based off of Henry Cantwell Wallace who was Former United States Secretary of Agriculture.
  10. 15. He represent the president of the untied States. In the story he convinces people to think that that he has a great amount of power even though he doesn’t. Him hiding behind a curtain shows that he’s hiding away from the actual problems that he needs to face.
  11. 16. Represented child labor. A group of munchkins in the Munchkin Country, who welcomed Dorothy to Oz with song and dance upon her arrival.
  12. 18. Represents the free silver movement. During the early 1900s farmers were suffering from the effects of federal deflation. Their debts were growing larger as they were getting less money for their crops and other goods.
  13. 19. Represents the factory workers during the 1890’s and beyond. This person was rusted and immobile which is something many factory workers felt when many businesses began to shut down due to a national depression.