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Kennedy had plently of health problems, so I was wondering what could kill him before or after 1963. Any thoughts?

Okay, so the goal is pretty simple Start with a POD sometime after 12:00 AM 01/01/2000, and from it, make the next decade as bad for the United States of America as you can. Cause as much chaos, misery, and misfortune for the US - both for the government and the people - as could possibly...

Map by u/KolonelJoe on Reddit. Can the United States actually win againist both nations in the 1850s and take these territories? What would be the impact of slavery? Would this begin American colonization of Japan?

What if Joseph Galloway by some means or another was able to convince Parliament or the Founding Fathers or both of the Galloway Plan to ensure the colonials and royals interests were both protected? How would things look for the colonies and Great Britain and how would this effect the world as...

Point of Divergence: parliament does not stop funding Great Britain and Great Britain regains popular support for the war. British forces battle United States forces to a stalemate in 1783 and in 1784 the fighting stops but without a peace treaty, truce, and/or even an armistice. The American...

As the title suggests, what has to happen for Japan to fall before Germany?

The Slave revolution started when John Brown raided the federal armory at harper's ferry. Due to sheer luck he avoided the federal troops and managed to get the arms to the slaves in the surrounding fields and formed them into an army. This eventually led to a revolt of most of the slaves in the...

I was watching an interview with Ben Bernankee on YouTube the other day, in which he credited the bank bailouts of 2008 with preventing the "great recession" from turning into the Great Depression round two. That (and today's 'Betweeen Two Wars special on the great depression') got me thinking...

I know it seems unlikely and is incredibly controversial but I think that it should be brought up. Now when most people think of the american revolution they think of it as a precursor to Slave-owner Revolt of 1833 but in reality this isn't true at all. The United States of 1776 was very...

First of all, my contact with the TL 191 came first from the Hearts of Iron 2 mod, the Arsenal of Democracy mod, then the series made by the althistoryhub and Emperor Tigerstar, this forum, the series TVtropes, some reviews I readed and critics like the video below Years ago I found a site...

Okay, so, in our timeline, as far as I know, Britain was the United States' primary partner and cultural influence for much of the 20th century, due to their alliance in both world wars, good relations afterwards, and, of course, their similar cultures and shared language. In many timelines...

Okay, so in OTL, there really are not that many Finnish-Americans. They do exist, but there are very, very few of them. Here's a map: Quite honestly, I don't know why I want to make the Finish-American population larger, I just think it might be interesting. How do you think this could happen?

The challenge is as follows: prevent the rise of suburbs and urban sprawl while also making American cities walkable and developed with a heavy focus on public transportation. If this is ASB, is it at all possible if the POD was pushed back to pre-1900?

The Muisca were a South American civilization, politically organized into a confederation of multiple kingdoms and chiefdoms, located in the vicinity of modern Bogotá, Colombia. They're oftenly renowned for their fondness of gold, mostly in (admittedly quite eye-catching) artwork. In fact, they...

What if Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley are killed at the Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War? What direction does the U.S. take?

Is there any PoD for an european royal head of state to visit at least one region of the Americas, before the Portuguese royal family's flight from Napoleon's armies to Brazil in 1808?

Now I'm not talking about just one entertainment related thing (i.e. film) instead we're going into how pop culture in the United States and the Confederate States would be in a Confederate victory scenario. Personally, I think that the both American and Confederate pop cultures in the rest of...

Frankfully, i don't know if a scenario like this requires a PoD placed before or after 1900. What i'm thinking is... how can we, with a PoD before the US's entry into WWI in 1917, create some sort of developing trend or party in US politics that advocates for something akin to OTL fascism, yet...

With a POD no earlier than 1775, how could the Ottoman capital city, Istanbul (called Kostantiniyye at the time) become permanent territory of the United States by 1950? The territory doesn't have to be intended to be permanent when initially acquired, but perhaps a situation like WW2 and the...

What if the behemoth media and cultural institution that is American Football didn't exist? What would take its place, or would something new develop? I believe that the rise of such a physically demanding hard contact sport is inevitable. Fierce competition is just part of the human...