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The returns were uncertain they were contested, Actually there was Oregon electoral vote that was contested as well
由于投票结果不明确而受到了质疑，其实当时俄勒冈的选举人票也受到了质疑
It goes into congress and basically, a compromise is hashed out
最后只能由国会投票表决，经过一轮斗争后，民主党决定妥协
The compromise is that Hayes is going to become president
民主党答应让海耶斯当总统
Afterwards wags called him Rutherfraud B. Hayes
后来有人讽刺海耶斯靠欺诈获胜，笑他是骗子
And in return,the Republicans would end the regime of reconstruction
作为民主党妥协的条件，共和党人答应结束在南部的‘重建’
pull out of the south and basically let the southern white establishment rule the south again
让联军撤出南部，把南部的统治权返还到南部白人的手上
that began the process of disenfranchisement of African-American in the south
也揭开了南部黑人选举权再次被剥夺的序幕
It didn't happen everywhere immediately, it was a gradual process by 1900 blacks in the south were by in large not voting at all
他们通过采取逐步行动，使得1900年大选时，南部大部分黑人已丧失实际投票权

You have the creation of segregation Jim Crow and so on
种族隔离主义，对黑人的歧视现象愈演愈烈
So you can really find a lot of the roots of that back at this contested election
这都是由1876年那场荒谬的大选所种下的恶果
One of the most noted author of this time was Mark Twain
这一时期最为着名的作家当数马克吐温
And one of his books was called the Gilded Age
他的着作《镀金时代》正是描述这一时期
And this period of American history from the 1870s-80s into the 1890s is often called after Twin's book The Gilded Age
因而人们将美国19世纪70到90年代这一时期称为"镀金时代"，《镀金时代》
you could read it for free, As you can see on the images up there, It's in the public domain now
可以通过网络免费阅读，你们都看到书的封面了，它现在已不受版权限制
And often historians look at the politics of this period
历史学家对这一时期的政治现象兴趣甚浓
The period especially after the Hayes-Tilden election, They referred to it as gilded age politics
他们将这场极具争议的大选后的政治，称为镀金时代政治

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。