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  1. AHC Less American States

    Wasn't the main reason Nevada was admitted so soon was so that Lincoln would have another Republican state to back his programs? Without the Civil War, Nevada would remain a territory. Since California had enough people to be a state, it seems more likely to me that, Nevada would somehow be...
  2. AHC Less American States

    Possibly but not all of Iowa. I know Missouri and Nevada were two states that had a significant amount of territory added after they became states. I think pushing Missouri's boundary further north, but not all the way to where the northern boundary is today, would have made the rest go to...
  3. AHC Less American States

    Well to get a united Massachusetts and united Virgina, you would have to have a POD on slavery. That seems harder to do. Of course without slavery there's be no rush to create a slave state for a free state, so that might have limited the need. A united Dakota probably could come about easily...
  4. AHC Less American States

    New to this forum but it's great reading. I'm not great at alternate history but I love reading it. Anyway, I got to thinking about a history challenge to keep the size of the USA the same, but make the number of states in it less. Usually the topic is more states. But could we keep the USA the...
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