1848-1880

1848

 * Lewis Cass is elected President.
 * Settlement of the west continues.
 * U.S. armies are moved to the west to secure new territories.

1852

 * Democrats suffer a loss in the election of 1852 as Winfield Scott is elected President.
 * A revolution in former Mexican territories is put down by the swift arrival of a U.S. army

1856

 * John C. Frémont is elected President.
 * The Democratic party attempts to restructure because of their losses.

1860

 * The restructuring of the Democratic party did not help them.
 * Lincoln is elected President of the United States, defeats incumbent John C.  Frémont.
 * Kansas and Nebraska are admitted as states.

1864

 * Lincoln wins re-election with 55% of the vote.
 * The Democratic party becomes stronger, winning more of the vote in the Presidential Election.
 * Lincoln sends an army led by Ulysses S. Grant to the west in order to protect American interests.

1866

 * A Mexican army moves up from the south in an attempt to retake its former territories.
 * Grant's army swiftly defeats the Mexican army.
 * War was not declared, as the army was led by a rogue Mexican general.

1868

 * Horatio Seymour is elected President of the United States.
 * The Republicans suffer their first defeat in a Presidential election in a long time.

1872

 * The Ku Klux Klan rises to power in the south. People in the south start to fight for slavery to be legal once more, and white nationalism rises.
 * Ulysses S. Grant is elected President, defeats incumbent Horatio Seymour.

1876

 * Ulysses S. Grant secures re-election. His popularity due to his actions in the west secure him that victory.
 * Nebraska is admitted as a state.

1880
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 * Manifest Destiny begins to rise once more, more Americans believe that it is the United States' destiny to expand overseas.
 * Several U.S. representatives are voted out of office because of accusations of corruption.
 * Winfield S. Hancock is elected President of the United States.