POD #1 - What if by hook or by crook, the USA obtains Texas, New Mexico, and California from Spain as part of the Adams - Onis treaty. Missouri compromise draws demarcation line to Pacific.
POD #2 - USA obtains Cuba in the 1820's
Southerners are happy for another 10 years, tipping point is moved out 10 years to 1870's by which time economic and global views on slavery come into play.
On another note, I like how historian Shelby Foote explained that it took the Civil War for Americans to regard the United States as a single nation "The United States is ……" in communication from "The United States are … ". The Civil war made us an "is" from an "are". What if this event occurs after the War of 1812. Americans are more united in this struggle against Britain that the culture shifts from individual states to one nation. People think of themselves as Americans first and then Pennsylvanians, Virginians, ….. It would mean a longer, more difficult war of 1812 or second war of Independence, and full participation from New Englanders but in the Era of Good Feelings after, the USA becomes an is instead of an are.
POD #2 - USA obtains Cuba in the 1820's
Southerners are happy for another 10 years, tipping point is moved out 10 years to 1870's by which time economic and global views on slavery come into play.
On another note, I like how historian Shelby Foote explained that it took the Civil War for Americans to regard the United States as a single nation "The United States is ……" in communication from "The United States are … ". The Civil war made us an "is" from an "are". What if this event occurs after the War of 1812. Americans are more united in this struggle against Britain that the culture shifts from individual states to one nation. People think of themselves as Americans first and then Pennsylvanians, Virginians, ….. It would mean a longer, more difficult war of 1812 or second war of Independence, and full participation from New Englanders but in the Era of Good Feelings after, the USA becomes an is instead of an are.