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I tend to prefer optimistic alternate histories. I have this picture. The South, though having some racial tensions, has adjusted much better to manhood and later adult suffrage than expected. This was partly because key leaders of the old planter class were exiled, former slaves have a strong incentive to support governemnt and keep the land that was redistirbutes.

The huge effort to offer education to former slaves, and to some extent poorer elements of the white community in states that did nto have public education prior to the war.

This has a side effect because many of the teachers are idealistic women from New England (and maybe even from old England)

A treaty is made and stuck to with the plains Indians, existing settlers at the time of the treaty, mid 1870s get the right to stay, A number of raiolroads will not be interefered with, limits placed on white buffalo hunting, and Indian terriroriy is effectively most of the Dakotas, Wyoming, Montana, Arizona, OklaHOMA, New Mexico and possibly Idaho.

Having lost the ability to win the South and therefore a Federal election the old Democratic party goes the way of the Federalists.

Republicans split between a pro business faction and a progressive populist faction which in fact wins most elections.

The wealth disparity of 'the guilded age' is less obscene than in OTL.


How does such a United States relate to the rest of the World in the 20th Centrury?
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