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We actually go back to a national bank that the founder of the Democratic Party Andrew Jackson had destroyed
这相当于又建立了一个国家银行——民主党的创建者杰克逊曾取缔了过国家银行
The Federal Reserve Bank, so this goes against the Democratic mainstream
因此联邦储蓄银行是违背了民主党的主流思想的
The genius of Wilson was to decentralize, the Democrats were afraid of centralization
威尔逊这么做是为了将分散权力民主党人担心中央集权化
They didn't want too much power in Washington, so to break up the Federal Reserve System into these district banks
他们不想让华盛顿集中太多权力，因而他又把联邦储蓄系统拆分为地区银行
That's very much a Wilsonian approach, so Wilson often considered as a model liberal
这是一种"威尔逊式"的做法，因此威尔逊经常被看作模范自由主义者
He was in some aspects, he was also an ardent segregationist
在某些方面，他也是一个狂热的隔离主义者
He made sure the last integrated parts of the federal government was segregated
他在联邦政府内几乎不任用黑人

was not to well disposed to woman's votes either
他也不赞成女性拥有选举权
although he ultimately reluctantly agreed to it at the end of this term
虽然他在任内最后阶段终于勉强同意
Yes？Did the Federal Reserve Districts reflect the economic geography
请问？联邦储备区是否反映了经济地理规律
Well, to a certain extent, basically we have the largest sort of financial centers in these areas
在某种程度上，当时这些城市的确是这些区域最大的金融中心
That's not really true anymore today
但今天已经大不相同
Charlotte much more important financial centers than Richmond for example, so not entirely
例如夏洛特已成为比里奇蒙更重要的经济中心，已经不完全一样了
but yes they sort of mark and share to a certain extent final largest cities in these different regions of the country
但这些城市的确大致地代表了各个储备区经济规模最大的城市
patterns basically holds maybe not entirely to pretty extensive degree
有一些格局仍然存在的，但在也有很多情况已经发生了变化

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。