从18世纪末至20世纪中叶，伴随着老牌殖民国家的由盛转衰，依仗着天时地利人和，美国的国力在经过国内的涅槃重生和两次世界大战的洗礼之后得以突飞猛进，且听一个诞生才一百多年的国家是如何成长为超级大国。
PS：这次录音后期加入了很多音效，希望能与故事内容相映成趣
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The United Statesbecame the world's leading industrial power at the turn of the 20th century,due to an outburst of entrepreneurship and industrialization and the arrival ofmillions of immigrant workers and farmers. A national railroad network wascompleted and large-scale mines and factories were established. Massdissatisfaction with corruption, inefficiency, and traditional politicsstimulated the Progressive movement, from the 1890s to the 1920s, leading toreforms, including the federal income tax, direct election of Senators, alcoholprohibition, and women's suffrage. Initially neutral during World War I, theUnited States declared war on Germany in 1917 and funded the Allied victory thefollowing year. After the prosperous Roaring Twenties, the Wall Street Crash of1929 marked the onset of the decade-long worldwide Great Depression. PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt implemented his New Deal programs, including relief forthe unemployed, support for farmers, Social Security, and a minimum wage. TheNew Deal defined modern American liberalism.[2] Following the Japanese attackon Pearl Harbor in 1941, the United States entered World War II and financedthe Allied war effort, and helped defeat Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy in theEuropean theater. Its involvement later culminated in using newly inventednuclear weapons on two Japanese cities to defeat Imperial Japan in the PacificWar.
（摘自英文维基百科，美国历史词条）
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