Thirteen very different colonies became the United States of America, and we were free to become an entire nation of dreamers and doers.| Benjamin Franklin}}
===Westward Expansion and the Civil WarSlavery===
Following the end of the Revolutionary war, Mark Twain takes over as the show's primary host. Twain announces that America is Westward bound, and heading to new frontiers. As images of horses, Indians, frontier men, and a panhandler flicker across the screen, Mark Twain tells Ben Franklin:
Anti-Slavery is no longer a thing to be prevented. <br>
It has grown too abundant to be snuffed out, like a lantern.|Fredrick Douglas}}
As Douglas drifts away, the screen once again goes dark. Then, a family portrait is shown, as two brothers are heard arguing over the merits of southern succession. As their father tells them not to ruin their mother's birthday, their mother tells them that she is just happy they are all together. As a camera flashes, taking the families picture, the song Two Brothers begins to play.
==Two Brothers==
As images showing the Civil War are shown on the screen, the song Two Brothers is played. The song tells the story of brothers who end up fighting on opposite sides in the war. It is inferred that the song is talking about the family who was previously shown getting their family portrait taken. The lyrics to Two Brothers are:
Two brothers, on their way.<br>
Two brothers on their way,<br>
Two brothers on their way,<br>
One wore blue and one wore grey.<br>
One wore blue and one wore grey<br>
As they marched along their way<br>
The fife and drum began to play<br>
all on a beautiful morning.<br>
One was gentle, one was kind <br>
One was gentle, one was kind <br>
One came home, one stayed behind <br>
A cannonball don't pay no mind.<br>
A cannonball don't pay no mind <br>
if you're gentle or if you're kind <br>
It don't think of the folks behind <br>
all on a beautiful morning, <br>
all on a beautiful morning... <br>
Two brothers on their way, <br>
Two brothers on their way, <br>
One wore blue and one wore grey.<br>
One wore blue and one wore grey <br>
As they marched along their way <br>
The fife and drum began to play <br>
all on a beautiful morning. <br>
One was gentle, one was kind <br>
One was gentle, one was kind <br>
One came home, one stayed behind <br>
A cannonball don't pay no mind. <br>
A cannonball don't pay no mind <br>
if you're gentle or if you're kind <br>
It don't think of the folks behind <br>
all on a beautiful morning, <br>
all on a beautiful morning...<br>
At the end of the song the family portrait shown earlier is shown again. This time however, one of the brothers fades away, due to the fact that he died in the war.