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She advise the farmer to raise less corn and more hell
伊利斯鼓励他们停止耕作，参加起义
She also said that if one man had not enough to eat
她还说有的人穷得吃不起饭
not enough to eat 3 times a day, another man has 25 million
吃不起一日三餐，有的人却有两千五百万家产
The last man has something to belongs the first redistribution, definitely by the day standard
后者必须分一些给前者，也就是我们现在所说的再分配
She was well known as an orater
伊利斯是个著名的演讲家
William White said she could read the multiplication table out loud and make it seem interesting
威廉姆·怀特曾说伊利斯能把九九乘法表读得朗朗上口，使它变得趣味盎然
One of the so-called prairie populist who're emerging out of the great plains at this time
她是所谓的草原平民论者之一，是一个生长于大平原的平民
and really challenging the order
并对当时的秩序发起挑战
There's a couple reasons why the great plains became such a hotbed of political discontent
大平原地区之所以成为众多政治批判家的温床

A farmers raising less corn and more hell at this time
并使农民们放下锄头去闹革命
One as actually a serials of droughts, then were striking the great plains
原因之一是当时的大平原正遭受一系列的连续干旱
And the 1870s, were relatively wet decade
19世纪80年代，是较为湿润的时期
and farmers had pushed the plow into fairly dry areas of the central great plains
使大平原的农民开辟了不少原本干旱的区域进行耕种
it didn't have enough rainfall at this poor agriculture and you have a dry period in the 1880s
然而当19世纪80年代，降水量相对减少，农业则长期为干旱所折磨
and they're having a period of crisis
导致农业生产出现危机
Another issue had to do with the money policy
另一个原因与货币政策有关
The Bourbon Democrats like Grover Cleveland as well as Republicans were hard currency advocates
克里弗兰等的波旁派民主党人及部分共和党人提倡使用硬性货币
They wanted the gold standard and hard money but that met deflation
同时希望推行金本位制，但当时正值通货紧缩

视频及简介

这一集大致讲述了1920－1972年总统大选的历史与过程，主要以一战、1929大萧条、二战、美苏冷战为历史背景，穿插了西奥多罗斯福，富兰克林罗斯福，杜鲁门，肯尼迪等几位著名美国总统的竞选和执政经历。