Chapter 16: American History(2) 美國歷史（二）

（1900-1945)必背細節

1． In 1880,the U.S ranked first in the world in the production of steel; in 1900,the U.S. produced 245million tons of coal, ranking first in the world.1880年美國鋼產`量世界第一，1900年煤產量世界第一。

2． Large corporation ,urbanization and new technology were the three features in the growth of American economy at the beginning of the 20 th century.大公司的出現，城市化及新技術的迅速發展是美國20世紀初經濟增長出現的三大特點。

3． In 1903,the Wright brothers flew a plane for a brief 12 seconds at Kitty Hawk,North Carolina. This was the beginning of the appearance of the plane. In 1911,Glenn E.Curiss designed and flew a successful plane. 1903年，萊特兄弟發明了第一架飛機，但只飛行了12秒。1911年格倫。E。庫利斯設計了一架飛機，并成功試飛。

4． At the beginning of the WWI, the U.S.was impartial neither in action, nor in thought.It pursued a policy of pro-Ally partiality.第一次世界大戰開始時，美國宣布保持中立，但在行動和思想上都沒有做到中立，美國真正奉行的是支持同盟國的。

5． The 1920s in the U.S. has been described by many historians as a period of material success and spiritual frustration or confusion and purposelessness.許多歷史學家都把美國的二十世紀二十年代描寫成一個物質上成功，精神是迷惘或漫無目標的時期。

6． The stock market crash was the beginning of long economic depression in the late 1920S and 1930S.股票市場的崩潰是1929-1933年的經濟大蕭條的開端。

7． The aim of President Roosevelt’s New measures was to save American democracy and the capitalist system.羅斯福總統“新政：措施的目的在于”拯救美國民主“及克服資本主義制度有史以來最嚴重的經濟制度。

8． In the early 1930S,the American foreign policy was isolationism, to keep the U.S. out of the fighting that was going on in Europe and Asia.在30年代初期，美國奉行的是孤立主義的外交