gilded age

from this file: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=12903&context=etd&ved=2ahUKEwi1wPOwkaCBAxX7-jgGHRUkAqMQFnoECBMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2dUIWP18EhuFmj-YYPcFDZ I am personally leaning on the potential of the...

I have never written a timeline on this site. I've read a lot of other people's timelines and I have greatly enjoyed american political history, but I never thought my knowledge base was large enough or my writing skills good enough to try my hand at writing a timeline. That said on my own in a...

Preface Years ago, I started work on a novel, The Devil and Harvey Hill, that told the story of a Confederate victory from the eyes of four historical characters: Robert Smalls, Confederate General D.H. Hill, OTL spy and probable Lincoln conspirator Sara Slater, and an obscure carpenter and...

Why did no viable and long-term Socialist, Labor, or any sort of Left-Wing Party ever emerge in the United States? It's a question many people have wondered and tried to answer for many years with various answers ranging from poor socialist leadership, individualism and laissez-faire being core...

IOTL, President Grover Cleveland holds the distinction of being the only man to be President twice, as he was first elected in 1884, then defeated narrowly in 1888, before coming back in 1892. He lost in 1888 because he failed to hold two extremely narrow and competitive swing states, Indiana...

So let’s say that somehow someway Grover Cleveland wins re-election over Benjamin Harrison in the 1888 Presidential Election. 1892 rolls around and William McKinley is elected Presidency. The Panic of 1893 still happens (unless a second Cleveland term would have prevented it) causing the...

1. How much longer would have the Gilded Age lasted in the Union than in OTL with an independent Confederacy? •I think the rich industrialists would use propaganda of hostility against the Confederacy to distract them from their deeds. But it would've been a matter of time before the veil is...

A New Dominion - Virginia under the Readjuster Party Chapter 1 “Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.” -Thomas Jefferson April 2nd, 1865 – Richmond, Virginia The burning of Columbia, South Carolina; A fate Richmond could have shared Lt. General Richard Ewell was...

Christians of the North: A Tale of Celtic Christianity Prologue: They Are Barbarians *** Little antlered one, little belling one, melodious little bleater, sweet the lowing that you make in the glen. Apple tree, little apple tree, violently everyone shakes you. Rowan, little berried one...

The Gilded Age was certainly an interesting era. It saw a great amount of industrialization the United States, but saw large-scale corruption, with Trust monopolies, called Robber Barons, or Captains of Industry, able to influence government policies, and become giant monopolies. It also saw...

When I read history, after the Reconstruction, an Era known as the Gilded Age happened after. It was a time of great industrialization and economic growth, corrupt politicians and powerful businessmen. But could such an Era still occurred if the Confederate States of America won the Civil War...

No, I'm not talking about current politics because this is gilded age. I was thinking that could an even worse gilded age have led to a far right America or perhaps a US where both sides (Republicans and Democrats) are largely controlled by various corporations? (Worse than OTL?) And how long...

what ramifications occur if Cleveland narrowly wins re-election by winning NY by a margin a shave tinier than his win in 1884, and thus goes in for another term? With Ds winning a one-seat House majority and Rs keeping their one-seat Senate majority in the 1888/1889 senate elections? What...

The Glowing Dream Part I In the Gloom of Mighty Cities: The Birth of American Socialism ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ “I...

The Tarnished Age: An Alternate History of the Gilded Age Prologue: An Epilogue "If only our dear Hawkins family could have known the lessons we have learned today. The beautiful Laura Hawkins would have been much helped if she’d known that the levers of power in Washington are not so much...

I know this is not a new topic, but President Garfield was a very fascinating figure and given his set, it would be interesting to see what he could do if remained President. Now the other threads I saw mention his civil right stances, potential diplomatic policy and so on. Most others say that...

If Samuel Tilden had won the election of 1876, who would've been elected in 1880?

In 1893, President Grover Cleveland tragically died while under going surgery for throat cancer. The operation was a botched affair, carried out in secret on a boat in the middle of the night. Vice-President Adlai Stevenson, who succeeded Cleveland upon his death, was not told until after the...

In 1880, the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination was the general election runner up from 1876: Samuel Tilden. However, Tilden declined to run and retired from politics. But what if he ran in 1880? Would he get the Democratic nomination? If so, would he beat James Garfield?

James Garfield’s assassination is definitely the least well-known presidential assassination out of the 4, but after reading of Garfield’s political stances and positions, it’s actually very unfortunate that he was assassinated. From what I’ve read of him, he was an avid supporter of black...