AHC: Delay the American civil war until atleast 1900

The American civil war was a bloody affair, to some degree because of tactics that hadn't caught up to the moderneties of war, a lot of new equipment was also experimented with during the war, like repeating rifles, gatling guns and submarines.

How could the war be delayed until modern weapons were commonplace, but still untested? How much more deadly would the war be? And how would it change the post-war?
 

Kaze

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The easiest ways is no Texas, no California, and no victory in the Mexican - American War. One of the root causes post the Mexican war was that there was a question of slave verses free-state entering into the Union. If Mexico wins - which is ASB, but let say it does - it could in theory delay the civil war.
 
The easiest ways is no Texas, no California, and no victory in the Mexican - American War. One of the root causes post the Mexican war was that there was a question of slave verses free-state entering into the Union. If Mexico wins - which is ASB, but let say it does - it could in theory delay the civil war.
Civil War probably breaks out a lot earlier without US expansion

The east was becoming crowded with so many immigrants. In the south, a small percentage of landowners owned most of the land.

Going west allowed thousands of young men an opportunity. Basically an distractions

With westward expansion, war breaks out sooner. Probably over Kansas or Nebraska
 
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