听力文本

He's from the frontier
他来自边境地区
He had been a general in the war of 1812, successful general in the battle of New Orleans
是1812年的战争中的一位将军，正是他领导了新奥尔良战役的胜利
He had made quite a bit of money, were not very well-educated, although obviously a very intelligent man
他赚了不少钱，虽然没有接受过良好的教育，但很显然他是个精明的人
who ended up propounding this new political philosophy, aimed at the common man if you will
最终他推行了一种新兴的政治，以人为本的政治
At the same time ideological disputes were coming into play as well
而此时政客在意识形态上的争论也愈演愈烈
John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay were in favor of this what Clay called the American system. This were what original had been the federalist plan
昆西亚当斯和亨利克莱支持被他们称作美国体系的政体，也就是过去联邦党人提出的政体
After war of 1812 became the democratic-republican plan as well of a strong government
在1812年的战争后被民主共和党人采用，它旨在建立强大的政府
of a government that's going to engage in internal improvements
一个致力于公共事业建设的政府

Build roads and canals and alike which you can know very popular in the Ohio Valley
建设道路运河等基础设施，俄亥俄河谷地区尤其需要这种建设
where farmers are desperate to get their crops to markets, going down the Mississippi where they mostly did pretty difficult
那里的农民想方设法将他们的作物销往密西西比，但他们很难做到
They wanted roads and canals that link them to the east. They wanted the federal government to push that forward
他们需要公路和运河使他们与东部联通，他们希望有一个联邦政府来推动这些
They wanted, certainly the New England also wanted high tariffs
当然，新英格兰地区也希望设定高关税
Manufactoruring is developing now
当时，制造业已开始发展
They wanted to protect U.S. manufacturers from British competition
他们希望美国的制造商受到保护，得以与英国竞争
So they want the system. They want the national bank. They want a strong currency
所以他们需要这样的"美国体系"。他们需要国家银行。需要坚挺的货币
Whereas Crawford and especially Andrew Jackson, They are getting back to the old more Jeffersonia form of politics
然而克劳福德，尤其是杰克逊，都更为青睐过去杰斐逊式的政体

视频及简介

课程以美国总统大选为主线，详细讲述了从1789美国的第一任总统上任到南北战争时期每次大选的详情。期间穿插了英美战争，美墨战争，1820密西比妥协，南北矛盾的逐步激化等历史事件。