I've been working on some alternate timelines and one event that I think could make an interesting POD was the fact that Wilson's Vice President, Thomas R. Marshall, was the target of a would-be assassination attempt. From what I've read, Eric Muenter tried to place dynamite in the Senate chamber in July of 1915 and failing that placed the dynamite in the Senate reception room outside Marshall's office door, with the bomb exploding prematurely at night injuring no one. What if perhaps the bomb hadn't detonated prematurely and that the explosive went off in the day killing Marshall and/or Wilson as well (for the circumstances of this hypothetical, perhaps Wilson walked with him to his office to discuss some matter before it detonated).
What direction do you think the country would take after this? What might happen if both were killed, or if only one of the two happened to perish?
What direction do you think the country would take after this? What might happen if both were killed, or if only one of the two happened to perish?