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Under William Mckinley the United States goes to war with Spain, takes over the Philippines
在麦肯利上台后，美国发动了与西班牙的战争，接管了菲律宾
This political cartoon, is from the anti-imperialist
这是一幅反帝国主义者所作的政治漫画
The white man's burden which was a Rudyard Kipling poem
白人的责任是作家基普林写的诗
basically addressed to Mckinley urging him to take up the white man's burden
写以敦促麦金利承担起白人应付的责任
and colonize the Philippines and take it over with the United States did
那就是殖民和接管菲律宾人们
you can see Uncle Sam here and you can see the British and Germans and others riding on the back of the colonized subjects
这幅图讽刺代表美国的山姆大叔，英国人，德国人等其他殖民者骑在被殖民人民的身上
some former Republican, liberals and mugwumps like Mark Twain were horrified by this
一些前共和党人，自由主义者，穆格乌谱成员如马克吐温，都极为震惊
William Jennings Bryan equally horrified, he was an absolute anti-imperialist from the war go
布莱恩也对这种帝国主义的行为感到震惊，因为他是个绝对的反战反帝主义者，
but overall it was a pretty popular, especially by the election of 1900
但总体而言这场美西之战受到了人民欢迎，尤其是在1900年大选
The war with Spain was over, it didn't last long
这场短暂的战争就已经结束了

American public generally like fast victorious wars, Those tend to sell pretty well
美国民众最喜欢这种快速取胜的战争，这种战争很合他们胃口
There was actually insurgences in the Philippines that went on for quite a while
菲律宾当地爆发过一些起义和反抗，并且持续了一段时间
which was as popular, but it didn't get that much attention
很多人参加到抗争中来，但这种反抗没有引起国际社会的关注
William Jennings Bryan again against William Mckinley
布莱恩又一次对决麦肯利
You can see though Bryan didn't even win his own state of Nebraska, He's losing his appeal
从图中看到布莱恩连自己的家乡内布拉斯加都没拿下，他的主张已站不住脚
Economic times were good
经济已经复苏
The "full dinner pail" as William Mckinley called it
麦肯利将当时的经济形容为“丰盛的晚餐”
and the country went pretty convincingly for this
人民也相信他能继续推动这个发展势头
See of high tariff regime, many what was associated the time was prosperity
当时实行高关税的政策，人们常认为这些政策为他们带来了繁荣

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。