In the eighteen nineties, the American people were deeply divided over the nation's money system.

在19世纪90年代，美国民对国家货币制度产生了深刻分歧。

The monetary system of certain countries used to be based on gold.

某些国家以前货币制度是以黄金。

In other words, we're going off the gold standard, and at that time, money had no value except as a claim against gold.

换句话说，我们正在脱离金本位制（以黄金本位币货币制度），在那个时候，货币除了作对黄金债权之外没有任何价值。

This marked a break with the previous gold standard system, which from the late 19th century had provided predictable and stable exchange rates for countries that kept the value of their currencies fixed to a specific quantity of gold.

这标志着与先前金本位制(以黄金本位币货币制度)进行决裂，从19世纪末开始，一些国家将本国货币价值与特定数量黄金挂钩，而金本位制这些国家提供了可预测和稳定汇率。