midwest

The Ford administration offered $600 million to the metro Detroit region to build a subway system, but due to internal city vs suburbs politics, an overambitious subway system plan, and the eventual emergence of the Reagan administration in 1980, the subway system was never built. What would...

Pre-History up until league formation in 1890 Late-1840s to early-1860s: As more European immigrants began making their way into the United Sates through New York and other eastern ports, they pick up some peculiar traditions of sport. One of those was the New York style baseball (or what is...

In the 1920s, a young man from Michigan named Thomas E. Dewey wanted to become a professional singer. With a deep baritone voice, he showed great promise. But after contracting a throat infection, Dewey decided against becoming a singer and instead he went to law school. This lead him down the...

In 1946, at the suggestion of his friend the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, actor Orson Welles ran for the U.S. Senate for Wisconsin - his home state. Despite Wisconsin's Republican lean and the fierce opposition of the business community, Welles mounted a campaign as a Democrat. But...

Okay, so, if you're unfamiliar with the Western Confederacy or the Northwest Indian War, just watch this short video: Okay, now that we're all caught up, is there any way the Western Confederacy could've won the Northwest Indian War? What would the consequences of the U.S. being forced to...

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is how to make the states in the Great Lakes area the most populous and economically powerful region in the United States. That includes Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. How do these states draw immigrants, industry, and...

Inspired by this article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/18/north-dakota-mosque-islam-history-united-states Your challenge, with a POD of anytime between 1840 and 1950, is to have either or both Islam and Orthodox Christianity become major religions in the U.S Midwest. Bonus points...

Your challenge, with a POD just after WWII, is to fulfill what the title says. Keep the Midwest and Northeast from rusting, and the electoral college should be similar to 1952, but there are restrictions: 1. A larger US economy. 2. Open to free and fair trade. But they support downscale people...