The end of Reconstruction, but when the north's military leaves the KKK gains power

Start of the French Indian War which shows American desire for westward expansion and ends with the British taking rights away from their American colonies

Polk wins the presidency with a promise of Manifest Destiny, leads to Mexican American War, and that leads to more debate about the place of slavery in America

WWII ends with an allied victory and the atomic bomb makes the U.S. the world's only super power

Reagan wins the presidency after 50 years of politics dominated by Democratic/ Liberal ideas, the Neoconservative Era begins

Jamestown established- the British have their first (sort of) successful colony, that eventually leads to the U.S.

Jefferson and the Democratic Republicans win the presidency and a peaceful transition of power from one party to the other occurs (even after a really weird election)

The Civil War ends in a Union/Northern Victory, the slaves are freed

The Census Bureau announces the west is settled, the American Indians are defeated, and the U.S. really controls all of it's land.