Tin Man
Represents how the industrial workers were treated like machines for rich and powerful people.
Cowardly Lion
Represented William Jennings Bryan who was nicknamed "the Lion". He was called a fiery rhetoric and called a coward for not supporting the people's decision on going to war.
Yellow Brick Road
Represented the Monetary Policy. Which big business men generally supported tight money and the gold standard. Formers favored enlargement of the money.
Wicked Witch of the East
Stand in for wall street financiers, east elite businessmen, and Washington politicians.
Wicked Witch of the West
Western industrialists, bankers, and the railroads.
Wizard of Oz
Represents any president of the United States with his power over people. He's just like them and try's to survive through the times.
Magical Silver Slippers
Representation of the silver and how that related to the money they had.
Monkeys
Relates to the people who try to start the push to make things better. Like the Jews or the immigrants.