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1865- John Wilkes Booth is stopped by the soldier in Lincoln’s booth, he is later hanged for treason. Lincoln lives on, and Reconstruction goes smoothly 1868- Lincoln wins a third term in office, he feels that he is the only one who can successfully reintegrate the lost States into the Union, this also leads to there being 3 powerful parties in US politics: Democrats, Republicans, and National Unionists (Nauns) 1870- Reconstruction is over, and people in the South begin to take a liking to Lincoln 1871- Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1871, ending all forms of racism in the US 1872- Lincoln wins re-election yet again 1873- Lincoln calls for an Anglo-American Alliance with Britain and France 1876- Lincoln wins re-election, and the British and French agree to the alliance, which is soon joined by Switzerland, who asks the US to help them industrialize. 1877- Lincoln annexes half of Australia, claiming he needed to “keep an eye” on the Asian and Middle Eastern peoples 1880- Lincoln dies of cholera, five months short of leaving office. Robert E. Lee is inaugurated as 17th President by Secretary of War Ulysses S. Grant. Lee serves the remainder of Lincoln’s term, and then wins the Presidency himself in the following election 1884- Lee loses re-election to Grant, who has a horrible first term 1889- Grover Cleveland wins the election in a landslide victory 1895- Grover Cleveland asks Congress to declare war with Spain. The Spanish American War lasts on six months 1898- Cleveland returns to Congress and asks for a declaration of war on Britain. 1899- Cleveland fires Adlai Stevenson in favor of Hobart. Hobart doesn’t die from heart failure in 1899, and recovers. 1901- Cleveland dies and Hobart is inaugurated as the 20th President of the United States 1905- Hobart loses the Republican nomination to Theodore Roosevelt, a rising star within the party. 1909- Theodore wins a second term in office, the American people love him 1912- Roosevelt becomes the first President to serve 3 terms, and he wins the election of 1912 1914- America enters WWI alongside Britain and France. 1915- the war is won by American troops who march on Berlin 1916- Roosevelt wins a 4th term in office, his approval ratings are at 98% 1920- Roosevelt wins a FIFTH term in office 1922- Roosevelt declares war on the Bolsheviks, and attacks Russia, starting the brief Ameri-Russo War. 1924- Roosevelt, on a trip across America to campaign for a sixth term, is assassinated by fanatic Atheist who wants to have a fellow atheist in office 1925- Calvin Coolidge wins the Presidency, and is inaugurated as the 22th President of the United States. 1926- Coolidge commissions the Theodore Roosevelt memorial to be built in Washington DC 1929- The Soviet Union collapses, and Coolidge loses the election to FDR. 1933- Just after FDR wins a second term, Black Tuesday occurs, and the Great Depression begins. 1937- Herbert Hoover beats FDR in a bid for a 3rd term.
1939- World War II begins with Soviet-Japanese invasion of China, German invasion of Poland, and Italian invasion of France1941- Hoover wins election for a 2nd term to FDR, who becomes the 1st President to serve nonconsecutive terms. 1944- FDR dies of a brain hemorrhage1945- World War II ends, with America and Nazi Germany as the sole two superpowers in the World. Truman wins his own term of office. 1950- the first man lands on the moon. He’s an American. 1963- Oswald is arrested by a policeman for speeding, JFK isn’t assassinated. 1965- The first man lands on Mars, his name is Buzz Armstrong. 1967- Nazi Germany collapses 1968- JFK wins a 3rd term in office, and quickly wins the Vietnam and Korean Wars. 1972- Sadly, the wars hurt JFK’s reputation just enough that he lost his bid for a fourth term to Ronald Reagan 1974- Reagan is assassinated by a Cuban terrorist, National Unionist President George HW Bush declares the War on Terror 1976- Bush loses his bid for his own full term, he is defeated by William J. Clinton 1980- Clinton loses his second term to Republican candidate Richard M. Nixon 1984- Nixon sends US bombers to bomb Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan. This kills his chances for re-election, and Clinton is elected again. 1988- Clinton’s wife, Hilary, becomes the first woman President 1992- Republican George W. Bush becomes President, and serves 2 terms 2000- Nation Unionist John McCain wins the Presidency, and the 9/11 don’t happen because the Taliban were defeated in the 70s and 80s, McCain serves two peaceful terms, and passes the 22nd Amendment while in office, which bars all future Presidents from serving over two terms
2008- the Democratic Kerry/Obama ticket wins the election, just in time for an economic crisis happen, which is blamed on the National Unionists.
I need help fleshing out this timeline. No flaming please, I cry easily