voa慢速英语:Taft Wins Presidency Promising Continued Reform2010-09-02
The United States did not play a very large part in world events during the eighteen hundreds. At the beginning of the nineteen hundreds, however, it expanded its interests throughout the world.
voa慢速英语:American History:Roosevelt Exercises US...2010-08-26
Theodore Roosevelt was president of the United States during the early years of the twentieth century. He was a forceful leader. His national policies led to social reforms and federal protection of nature.
voa慢速英语:Panama Breaks With Colombia,Clearing Way...2010-08-19
Theodore Roosevelt became president of the United States at the beginning of the nineteen hundreds. He firmly believed in expanding American power in the world.
voa慢速英语讲解:罗斯福与强大的商业利益斗争2010-08-13
Theodore Roosevelt became president of the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century. It was a time of great technological progress in the United States.
voa慢速英语:American History:Teddy Roosevelt Leads Nation...2010-08-05
In September of nineteen hundred and one, President William McKinley was assassinated. His vice president, Theodore Roosevelt, was sworn in to replace him.
voa慢速英语:占领菲律宾,美国成为远东大国2010-07-29
The war between the United States and Spain in eighteen ninety-eight was one of the shortest in American history. The fighting lasted about three months.
voa慢速英语讲解:条约使美国西班牙战争迅速结束2010-07-22
On December tenth, eighteen ninety-eight, the United States and Spain signed a treaty in Paris officially ending the war between them. However, the fighting had stopped much earlier.
voa慢速英语讲解:关于古巴导致美国西班牙战争的争议2010-07-15
The Spanish-American War took place in the late eighteen hundreds during the administration of President William McKinley. This week in our series, Harry Monroe and Kay Gallant tell the story of that war.
voa慢速英语:U.S.Influence Begins to Extend Far Beyond...2010-07-08
During the second half of the nineteenth century, the United States was not concerned much with events in other countries. It was too busy dealing with events inside its own borders. At that time, the nation was recovering from the Civil War. It was expanding to the West. And it was developing industries.
voa慢速英语:American History:McKinley and the 'Gold Standard'...2010-07-02
In the eighteen nineties, the American people were deeply divided over the nation's money system. Should the United States support its currency with gold or with gold and silver? This question became the main issue in the presidential election of eighteen ninety-six.
voa慢速英语:McKinley and the ‘Gold Standard’ Win Out in 18962010-07-01
In the eighteen nineties, the American people were deeply divided over the nation's money system. Should the United States support its currency with gold or with gold and silver? This question became the main issue in the presidential election of eighteen ninety-six.
voa慢速英语:American History:Labor Unrest Grows as Cleveland's...2010-06-24
Grover Cleveland began his second presidency in eighteen ninety-three. His two terms were separated by the presidency of Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland took office again just as the United States was entering an economic depression. Businesses failed. Banks closed their doors. Workers lost their jobs. And farmers lost their farms.
voa慢速英语讲解:克里夫兰支持金本位治愈经济低迷2010-06-17
In March of eighteen eighty-nine, Grover Cleveland left the White House after four years as president. He had been defeated by Benjamin Harrison.
voa慢速英语讲解:克里夫兰回归,面临农业和劳工动乱2010-06-11
Eighteen ninety-two was a presidential election year in the United States. In that year, most parts of the American economy were expanding. But one part was not doing well: agriculture. The result was the birth of a new political party. It was called the People's Party. Its members were called Populists.
voa慢速英语:American History:Harrison's Presidency Marked...2010-06-04
Twenty years after the Civil War, the Unitedbl States had become one of the leading industrial nations of the world. As the number of factories increased, so did competition between businesses.
voa慢速英语讲解:1888美国选举,哈里森以关税击败克里夫兰2010-05-28
At that time, import taxes were high on many products. The high tariffs protected American goods from competing with lower-priced foreign imports. The tariffs protected millions of jobs in American industry. Not everyone, however, supported high tariffs.
voa慢速英语:Cleveland Opposes Anti-Immigration Laws and High Tariffs2010-05-20
In our last program, we told you how the flow of immigration to the United States began to change in the eighteen eighties. Before then, most of the immigrants came from central and northern Europe. From Britain, Ireland, Germany and the Scandinavian countries.
voa慢速英语:欧洲移民到美国寻找新生活2010-05-13
In our last program, we told you the story of the Statue of Liberty. It was given to the United States by the people of France. Lady Liberty holds a bright torch high over the harbor of New York City. Millions of immigrants coming to America passed the statue as ships carried them to the immigration processing center on Ellis Island.
voa慢速英语讲解:美国第22任和第24任总统格罗弗克利夫兰2010-05-06
Grover Cleveland was elected president of the United States in eighteen eighty-four. He was the first Democratic Party candidate to win a presidential election in almost twenty-eight years.
voa慢速英语:加菲尔德短暂总统生涯悲剧收场2010-04-22
In eighteen eighty, President Rutherford Hayes completed four successful years in the White House. He did not want to serve another term. Hayes was a Republican. His party had great hopes of electing another Republican in the election of eighteen eighty.
voa慢速英语:移居者涌向西部占领土地2010-04-15
In the late eighteen hundreds, white Americans expanded their settlements in the western part of the country. They claimed land traditionally used by American Indians. The Indians were hunters, and they struggled to keep control of their hunting lands.
voa慢速英语:Custer's Last Stand Against the Indians2010-04-08
During the eighteen hundreds, the federal government forced American Indians to live on lands called reservations. No longer could the Indians move freely over the Great Plains to hunt buffalo. White people were settling there. The situation resulted in violence.
voa慢速英语:American History Series:Indian Wars2010-04-01
The United States began to expand west during the middle eighteen hundreds. People settled in the great open areas of the Dakotas, Utah, Wyoming, and California. The movement forced the nation to deal with great tribes of Native American Indians. The Indians had lived in the western territories for hundreds of years.
voa慢速英语:American History:Songs Cowboys Sung2010-03-27
Last week, we talked about the growth of the cattle industry. This industry started in Texas during the eighteen seventies. With its growth came a new kind of worker -- the man who watched and took care of the cattle. These men who watched the cows and rode with them as they moved across the wild lands were often young. Just boys. And so they were called cowboys.
voa慢速英语:短篇小说:海上扁舟-斯蒂芬·克莱恩2010-03-06
Crane was traveling from the United States to Cuba as a newspaper reporter. One night, his ship hit a sandbar. It sank in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Florida. Most of the people on board got into lifeboats. Crane was among the last to leave. There were three others with him: the ship’s captain, the cook, and a sailor.
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