Just what it says on the tin. Create a scenario where the North, rather than the South, secedes from the Union.
Are there any plausible PODs for such a scenario?
Are there any plausible PODs for such a scenario?
*Cough.*Have the War of 1812 go much worse for the US and the New England states vote to secede at the Hartford Convention. OTL this was not a serious consideration but it was talked about amongst more radical elements within the Federalist Party who were fed up with Madison's management of the war and the impact it was having on their state economies.
A stronger enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act, especially early on, might do the trick
Say they keep control of the presidency and get pro slavery judges into control of the Supreme Court and then if the Supreme Court starts using its position more like the current courts tend to to set policy as much as to just rule on things you could easily see the country split.
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The problem is that if the North Splits there is a very good chance that the South would go along with it and just break the country,
In these scenarios I wonder what constitutes 'the North' ? I guess that depends on when this secession occurs.
I really don't see the South fighting a war to retain the North.
I don't think it would be the north they would be fighting over. I think New England and New York leave and the future of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio are what is being contested.
Yeah, except that probably, all the things being equal, the prevailing mood in the South in this event would tend toward "good riddance", as opposed to "we'll force you into the fold again, you traitors".Sooo....the Dred Scott case?
The North didnt secede over it essentially because the Dems split in 1860 so Lincoln got elected. Had he not won and the tense status quo remained I could easily see the North seceding esp. if Breckenridge won in 1860 or 64
I don't think it would be the north they would be fighting over. I think New England and New York leave and the future of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio are what is being contested.