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An AHC I’ve thought of lately POD: 1969-1971 Rules: The Beatles breakup must remain the same Lennon must lead a political party by August 1972 The party would be broadly far-left, with an overall Marxist leaning, to be socially liberal and opposed to the Vietnam War Bonus points if supporters...

Basically the title. This wouldn't happen all at once, but perhaps the US takes more in the Mexican Cession, then takes more in the Gasden purchase? At this point, I can't really think of a way for the US to annex all of Mexico except for maybe some shenanigans happened with the Zimmerman...

In OTL, problems with volunteer firefighters (fighting at fires being a big one) resulted in the formation of the first paid fire departments in American cities, starting in 1851 with the formation of the Cincinnati Fire Department. With the abolition of Philadelphia’s volunteer fire department...

Contrary to popular assumption, the United States was, even before the World Wars, something of an economic superpower. It boasted a larger economy, higher GDP per capita, and greater industrial capacity than any other nation on Earth. The devastation of Europe in the aftermath of WW1 left the...

With a POD of 1973 and start of the kung fu craze make it by 2020 martial arts is commonplace and normalized in America. There seems to be a number of possible values including Hollywood piling in on the initial kung fu craze and broadening it American stars and hybrid styles which slowly...

Say Kerry somehow wins Ohio, and that results in him winning the 2004 election, how would the next presidential elections up to 2020 play out keeping in the mind that the Great Recession would still happen and so would the COVID-19 pandemic?

The United States of America has existed for over 200 years, and due to it being a Democracy, has had many possible candidates for its presidency. Your challenge is to make the most original idea for a president of the USA possible, I'll start with my own idea: Elbridge Gerry would become close...

In the 19th Century, after winning the Spanish-American War, the United States would buy the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam, for $20 million dollars and also made Cuba an independent republic (But with heavy American control). This was the beginning of American Imperialism overseas, as they...

would USA still come to exist like in OTL if Spanish armada succeeded or Anglo Iberian union by son of Philip II and Mary I. Since USA defeated fascism and communism will Spanish crown allow english to setup self governing colonies in North America ?

With a POD of the end of WW2, what is the absolute best case scenario for the United States by the modern day? As for what constitutes a "best case scenario", I'll use the following metrics: Quality of life for its citizens, measurements such as HDI. Total GDP and overall economic strength...

what if US, Japan and Europeans Intervened in Chinese warlord era to keep China divided like they did to Boxer rebellion ? will it succeed? can they carve out satellite states out China

Hey beautiful people of AH! Specifically looking for opinions of Americans or those who know America well. PoD doesnt matter much to me; although I'm going to assume post-Watergate. Maybe even after 2000 and the hanging chads? Anywho, what political parties do you think would be...

"I would rather be right than be President" -Henry Clay "Am I not a man and a brother?" -Anti-slavery slogan Henry Clay is one of the greatest what-ifs of American history. A man who had such a massive impact on the United States never rose to be its leader, despite his many attempts. But what...

Background: The southern USA had long contained a very large slave population, imported from West Africa, and the Kongo region these men came and labored under the so-called free United States of America. Many held hopes and aspirations of a dream of liberty, for themselves, their children, and...

Instead of being a mostly ceremonial role elected by a supermajority of Congress, what if the President was elected by a separate Presidential Election and held far more extensive executive powers? e.g the Cabinet of Secretaries being directly appointed by the President rather than the Primary...

Pardon the clickbait-y title; I am not saying Atlantis is real, or that it was in the US. This scenario is sort of about the opposite. According to Plato's Timaeus and Critias, the mythical land of Atlantis was a great continent beyond the Pillars of Hercules (i.e., the Straits of Gibraltar)...

otl, louisana changed hands numerous times from 1763 to 1803. French to Spanish to French to American. But, I was wondering: what if Britain took the territory in 1763 after the seven years war? Perhaps in exchange, Spain gets the French Antilles, leaving Paris with Quebec and Haiti? I don't see...

So, the third Reich did have some soft power OTL and some countries around the globe got German military missions and adopted some aspects of Naziism, to the point that the US made the arsenal of democracy doctrine to win over Latin America to counter the nazi influence there. As anything...

So for whatever reason Christianity collapses in the united states over the 20th century, excluding atheism and the worship of capitalism (like in the OTL), what replaces it? I could see it going from an existing religion like Islam, Judaism, Hinduism or Buddhism, though to more eccentric...

Let's say some hick town arrogant sheriff arrests a medal of honor vet for vagrancy, he snaps after a beating and the infamous shave scene but is shot dead soon after in the woods.(I doubt someone could actually escape like rambo from a station full of armed police), no cops are killed, only...