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Is there a way we can have Canada invade those islands Falklands-style? Would France fight for those islands?

The Great Depression changed the way the SCOTUS interpreted the Constitution. Beginning with Lochner v. New York, the SCOTUS applied strict scrutiny to economic regulations. However, due to the Depression, they had to abandon protecting economic liberties altogether. Instead, their new "mission"...

Some legislatures were opposed to US expansion because it would diminish the power of the original 13. John Lowell, a wealthy businessman from Massachusetts, proposed the idea in the 1810's...

During the ARW, Britain offered Minorca to Russia to keep them a friendly neutral. The Brits also thought they would lose it anyways, which they did. Say Russia takes it. How long will Russia get to keep it? [got information here, page 145]...

Whenever one reads about American Expansion pre-Civil War, the internal debate is always over whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories. Suppose, for whatever reason, slavery ends peacefully in most of the southern states in the early 1800s. Perhaps a later creation of the cotton...

South America is the only region in the world where the USA has yet to fight a major conflict. (North America, Europe, Middle East, Pacific , East Asia, and Africa [WW2] all happened.) Is there any way to get an invasion sometime post-1900? How would it go?

The Catholic Church used to be pro-choice until around the 19th Century. This is because the Bible did not really condemn abortion. Thomas Aquinas actually stated a fetus does not get its soul until several months after conception, which contradicts with modern (post 19th century) Catholic...

The United States was very close to grabbing both the Bahamas and Bermuda during the American Revolution -The Bahamas had a pro-independence governor and basically allowed the rebels to take control. The Brits had to take them back. -The rebels were also close to isolating Bermuda until it...

In 1842, the captain of the U.S. Pacific Squadron heard incorrectly that the U.S. was at war with Mexico and actually captured a city in Alta California called Monterey. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Monterey What if this action created the war he thought already existed? :p Would...

Most ATL that are in that time have Britain and France as allies which is frustrating. Does anyone know how an Anglo-French War in this era would play out? Considering that they are the largest colonial powers, the war would be less Europe focused and would play out in Africa, South America...

Lenin created the ethnic republics of the nations of the former Russian Empire. What if he decides not to do that and runs the country without regards to ethnicity? What will happen in 1991?

Suppose the sequence of events to Arab Spring started 3 years earlier. How would George W. Bush deal with the events in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya? Would he have intervened in Libya?

In the 90s, Steve Jobs did not save Apple from bankruptcy. Microsoft did: http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/08/opinion/the-apple-of-microsoft-s-eye.html If Bill Gates decides to watch Apple die, without caring if he's viewed as a monopolist, how would the tech industry progress? Would another...

What if Congress, fearful of a repeat of Vietnam, refuses authorization for the Gulf War? What ends up happening in the Middle East?

What would happen if electric cars had been the norm instead of gasoline-fueled cars. Electric was winning until large amounts of oil were discovered in the early 20th century which allowed oil-cars to dominate. Say the oil isn't discovered until it is too late. How does the lack of need...

Many people here think that a Japanese invasion of Australia would be a massive failure. However, they had potential allies living on the island. The Aboriginal population of Australia did not like the white population. Furthermore, they mostly live in the northern parts of Australia, which...

Say the United States got in a war with a surviving Anglo-Japanese alliance in the 1920's. Considering Britain was in decline and the U.S. was rising, this would be the time both powers were relatively equal. Throw in the Japanese for more fun times. Who wins?

Truman's Secretary of State, George Marshall, believed that Israel would destabilize the Middle East and hurt US relations with Arab states. Truman decided to help Israel anyway because of the Jewish vote in the US and lack of an Arab vote. If Truman took his advice, what would US relations...

The U.S. first really came out of isolation with that war. If the Spanish-American War doesn't occur, how would American foreign policy progress? Would we stay isolationist?

Say, for whatever reason, the Great Depression is much more mild and FDR never becomes president because he isn't needed. How will welfare come along? Will things similar to Social Security all be done at the state level? Would Americans be better or worse off?