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Fairly simple POD - say Herbert Hoover dies in a freak accident shortly after his inauguration, making Charles Curtis POTUS.

1) How would his term in office likely go? How might Curtis handle the Great Depression? Foreign affairs? Would he likely seek reelection in 1932, and if he did would he face a strong challenge for the Republican nomination?

2) What would be the long-term implications of America having had a Native American POTUS back in the 1920s? Charles Curtis and his significance in that regard are a little obscure today, but would this be the case if he had actually been president?
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