united states

Title. What if instead of the presidential system we currently have in place, the US adopted a semi-presidential system a la modern-day France. For further context, pretty much acting like this: "In France, for example, in case of cohabitation, when the president and the prime minister come...

How could one of Charles Manson followers assasinate a prominent Soviet politician while on the diplomatic mission in the US? And what would happen in this scenario?

With a PoD no earlier than 1933, create situation in which United States of America suffers accident similar to OTL Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Third Riech can not exist beyond 1940s in this scenario (no Nazi-victory ideas). Bonus, if it will be Graphite-moderated boiling water reactor.

Inspired by this thread, wherein the subject of American intervention in the Philippines and potential alternatives was brought up... Are there any semi-plausible scenarios for the Philippines to attain independence in the late 1890s or early 1900s? In OTL, Philippine rebellions before the...

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...

So yeah, what if each State in the USA had the same relationships with each other as the Princely States in the Holy Roman Empire? Each State would provide a candidate for Presidency after each term and people would not only be voting for the person, but the State in which the capital of the USA...

So say that Einstein’s theories were either not taken seriously or accidents and failures cause the Manhattan project to be scrapped (with similar things happening to any other nation developing) . How would the allies deal with japan and not long afterwards would there be a world war 3 between...

As the title says, how could we possibly get the famed lawman of dodge city and tombstone elected president of the United States? What are the effects of him being President? Bonus points if he serves more than one term.

Looking at a map of shipping lanes in the 19th century, you'd hardly be able to tell that the US and British Empire were different countries, despite protectionist policies in the United States in the 1800s. How could the economic link between Britain and the United States be made into a...

So aside from the classic (if done to death) Rome-wank, the idea of a United States spanning across all of the Americas is easily one of my all-time favorite AH concepts. I find it fascinating to ponder how such a state would come into being, and how it would influence the world around it...

Commodore Matthew Perry forced the doors of Japan open in 1853, using his kurofune, the black ships, to force Japan to open itself to trade. He would later return in 1854 and established the Japan-US Treaty of Peace and Amity at the Convention of Kanagawa. Perry used heavy handed tactics to...

From 1633 to 1639, the nation of Japan closed its doors to the outside world at the edicts instituted by Tokugawa Iemitsu. Westerners and Christian missionaries were forcibly removed from mainland Japan, the only point of contact with the Western world being the Dutch outpost on the island of...

I have read a couple of posts about the feasibility of America colonising Australia. All of the posts I read came to no feasible conclusion of its possibility, I, therefore, decided to solve the challenge. The aim of the is post is to give a hypothesis of a reasonable colonial possibility...

Grant, for the sake of argument, the survival of a Napoleonic (or at least French) Empire beyond 1814. Maybe Napoleon croaks after Tilsit. Regardless, the outlines of a Napoleonic Europe are going to be clear, with some degree of dominance over France’s “near abroad” in the Rhineland, northern...

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...

After the previous thread. As you can see in the following map, everything green is a single utopian country. What do you think the politics and border security would be like? would there be a border wall? would the national guard have difficulties?

I'm writing this thread as i feel like "US-pliant Brazil" is way too common a trope in AH circles. I'm aiming for a conflict in a 20th century level of tech, but i've out this in Before 1900 due to the PoD. So, assume that Dom Pedro II's two legitimate sons survive beyond the 1840's, into...

So, there was a timeline awhile back where the USA was a Central Power in WW1, and I was wondering, how could they have become one? I heard that, when the war began, a large portion of the (mostly German and Irish-American) population in general supported the central powers while wealthy...

Simply put, what if the railroads were massively de-regulated in a way that let them improve and maybe even continue passenger operations for a while longer. What de-regulations would it take?

Hi there! I was a big fan of the novel Bring the Jubilee, but I’ve always wondered what happened between Gettysburg and 1950, so I thought that I’d write a timeline to fill in the gaps so to speak. Anyhow, I present Bring the Jubilee: Filling in the Gaps 1860-1885 Abraham Lincoln, first and...