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The OP already says that US in their scenario would have expanded before 1900.

I think that was a reference to this map.

Depends a lot on when the POD is. You could have a US with a more successful assimilationist school of thought than OTL, so the race issues are reduced. And perhaps Mexico is gained after a war with Spain, rather than due to annexing an already independent Mexico. That alone would have major...

I would say it largely depends on when the US gains control of Mexico and Central America. Historically, the bulk of the population there consisted of indios, who spoke a wide variety of native languages. A small creole elite, and a modestly sized mestizo populace spoke Spanish, but it didn't...

I believe that EPCOT was supposed to be a company town for the workers at the park, at least initially.

Arguably, Mexico OTL in the 1920 and 30s fits the description.

On the other hand, Texas would lack parts of the south it acquired OTL from Mexico after the Mexican-American War.

Already happened OTL. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_sharing

Wouldn't the early discovery of gold in North Carolina make more sense?

They already tried that OTL. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-3_cannon

No, they just found one of the ships from the voyage to the New World there, the actual library was in Texas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_(Clive_Cussler_novel)

And set up a secret moon-base in the 1970s. And found the Library of Alexandria in Texas.

Glad that you liked it! Well, I'm basing a lot of the plans for Beringia on the OTL military construction made in Alaska and several of the larger Pacific islands. I don't think it seems all that unreasonable in scale considering its strategic importance. Dutch Harbor had a sizable military...

It might be possible to de-segregate the Navy - they had only been segregated for a few years by the early 1920s.

The Military in Kamchatka American marines marching down central Petropavlovsk circa 1926. Old Russian Orthodox Church visible in background. Upon the United States’ acquisition of Kamchatka in 1921, the Department of the Navy assumed responsibility for the region’s security. The first...

It's probably also worth noting that in the Boxer Rebellion, Japanese soldiers were noted as being far less likely to commit atrocities against the native Chinese than the European troops.

As 037771 points out, Botswana already had that happen. Good early leadership combined with other factors made Botswana one of the wealthiest and most stable African nations.