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The Panic was severe in all industrial cities and mill towns.  Farm distress was great because of the falling prices for export crops such as wheat and cotton. [[Coxey's Army]] was a highly publicized march of unemployed men from Ohio and Pennsylvania to Washington to demand relief.  A severe wave of strikes took place in 1894, most notably the Midwestern bituminous coal strike of the spring, which led to violence in Ohio. Even more serious was the [[Pullman Strike]] which shut down much of the nation's transportation system in July, 1894.  

The Panic was severe in all industrial cities and mill towns.  Farm distress was great because of the falling prices for export crops such as wheat and cotton. [[Coxey's Army]] was a highly publicized march of unemployed men from Ohio and Pennsylvania to Washington to demand relief.  A severe wave of strikes took place in 1894, most notably the Midwestern bituminous coal strike of the spring, which led to violence in Ohio. Even more serious was the [[Pullman Strike]] which shut down much of the nation's transportation system in July, 1894.  

[[Image:Octops2.jpg|thumb|550px|The Populist book ''Coin's Financial School'' (1894 p. 124) blamed the Rothschild's for controlling the world's money and causing the panic]]

[[Image:Octops2.jpg|thumb|550px|The Populist book ''Coin's Financial School'' (1894 p. 124) blamed the [[Rothschild family|Rothschild's]] for controlling the world's money and causing the panic]]

The most memorable cultural events were the [[World's Columbian Exposition|Chicago World's Fair]] of 1893. The hard times and utopian dreams that characterized the era were immortalized in [[L. Frank Baum]]'s ''The [[Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'' (1900).

The most memorable cultural events were the [[World's Columbian Exposition|Chicago World's Fair]] of 1893. The hard times and utopian dreams that characterized the era were immortalized in [[L. Frank Baum]]'s ''The [[Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'' (1900).