This is just a bare bones Timeline at the moment and far from my most detailed, but since Confederate victories and Monarchist America's are so common I decided to put this one on here instead. Its a bit unrealistic but I dont think its a wank of anyone really.
1930's
1930
The Dustbowl encompasses all of Oklahoma and Kansas, leading to a mass migration from those two states, west, to California.
1930's
1930
The Dustbowl encompasses all of Oklahoma and Kansas, leading to a mass migration from those two states, west, to California.
1933
President Franklin Deleanor Roosevelt is assassinated in Miami while speaking at City Hall by an unknown assailant. John N. Garner is sworn in as President. Garner cancels several of Roosevelt's economic plans he considers "communist". He also orders a crackdown on Labor Unions, who he believes to be responsible for the death of President Roosevelt.
1934
The anti-Union campaign results in severe radicalization of Union members by Wobblies. Jacobd S. Coxey gains a large following on speaking tours throughout the Midwest.
At a rally in Chicago in June, Polcie attempt to arrest Coxey resulting in the crowd to riot. They attack City Hall and after two days the riots are finally put down. In a knee jerk reaction, the Senate proposes major restrictions on Labor Unions legality. In response, across the Rustbelt riots break out under radical labor leaders led by Coxey.
In October, the states of California, Oregon, Nevada and Washington close their borders to immigration and expel many of the "Okies" who have moved into the states.
1935
In Ohio the United States Army wins a major battle against various socialist militias, but the drive to Indiana is stopped when California secedes on February 3rd.
California claims the immigration problem and the governments inability to stop the depression as reasons to declare itself as the State of California. Several days later, Washington and Oregon join California and form the Pacific Union. Many soldiers formerly in the US Army who are from the West Coast leave the war in the Midwest to fight for the Pacific Union (PU). Frank Merriam is selected as the Pacific Union's first president.
1936
President Garner calls a ceasefire in the Midwest and withdraws troops from Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana. He plans to deploy the forces to retake the west coast. However a coalition of 13 Southern States demand that the Socialists be taken care of first. Garner states that the Federal government will take back the West first causing the states to secede, including the Presidents home state of Texas. Garner is impeached.
In the Special Election of July, 1936, Illinois senator Henry Thomas Rainey is elected President of the United States. However this is a hard to job to inherit, as the US has yet to retake the Pacific Union, the United State of Texas, the newly formed Confederate States of America (CSA) and the Socialist Republic of America (SRA) in the Midwest, and all of those new nations are prepared to recruit new states. By the end of the year Arizona and New Mexico have joined Texas in the United States of Texas (UST). And Colorado and New York have formed their own country's.
1937
President Rainey is forced to recognize the governments of the SRA, PU, UST, CSA and New York, after being informed the US no longer has the capacity to take back its wayward states. Upon this revelation, New England secedes from the United States. The US retains 18 States and moves the national capital to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
1938
North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota attempt to join Canada as 7 newe provinces. When Ottawa attempts to make them several larger provinces they refuse and create the Farmers Republic of America. However, Western Montana remains a semi-lawless territory ruled by the FRA in theory and Outlaws in fact.
Idaho, Hawaii and Alaska join the Pacific Union. Nevada declares its independence as the Free State of Nevada. Utah declares independence as the Holy Kingdom of Deseret.
1939
At the outbreak of World War Two, the Pacific Union invades British Columbia with a force led by General George S. Patton. The CSA declares War on the SRA and begins the invasion of Illinois from Confederate Missouri.
President Franklin Deleanor Roosevelt is assassinated in Miami while speaking at City Hall by an unknown assailant. John N. Garner is sworn in as President. Garner cancels several of Roosevelt's economic plans he considers "communist". He also orders a crackdown on Labor Unions, who he believes to be responsible for the death of President Roosevelt.
1934
The anti-Union campaign results in severe radicalization of Union members by Wobblies. Jacobd S. Coxey gains a large following on speaking tours throughout the Midwest.
At a rally in Chicago in June, Polcie attempt to arrest Coxey resulting in the crowd to riot. They attack City Hall and after two days the riots are finally put down. In a knee jerk reaction, the Senate proposes major restrictions on Labor Unions legality. In response, across the Rustbelt riots break out under radical labor leaders led by Coxey.
In October, the states of California, Oregon, Nevada and Washington close their borders to immigration and expel many of the "Okies" who have moved into the states.
1935
In Ohio the United States Army wins a major battle against various socialist militias, but the drive to Indiana is stopped when California secedes on February 3rd.
California claims the immigration problem and the governments inability to stop the depression as reasons to declare itself as the State of California. Several days later, Washington and Oregon join California and form the Pacific Union. Many soldiers formerly in the US Army who are from the West Coast leave the war in the Midwest to fight for the Pacific Union (PU). Frank Merriam is selected as the Pacific Union's first president.
1936
President Garner calls a ceasefire in the Midwest and withdraws troops from Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana. He plans to deploy the forces to retake the west coast. However a coalition of 13 Southern States demand that the Socialists be taken care of first. Garner states that the Federal government will take back the West first causing the states to secede, including the Presidents home state of Texas. Garner is impeached.
In the Special Election of July, 1936, Illinois senator Henry Thomas Rainey is elected President of the United States. However this is a hard to job to inherit, as the US has yet to retake the Pacific Union, the United State of Texas, the newly formed Confederate States of America (CSA) and the Socialist Republic of America (SRA) in the Midwest, and all of those new nations are prepared to recruit new states. By the end of the year Arizona and New Mexico have joined Texas in the United States of Texas (UST). And Colorado and New York have formed their own country's.
1937
President Rainey is forced to recognize the governments of the SRA, PU, UST, CSA and New York, after being informed the US no longer has the capacity to take back its wayward states. Upon this revelation, New England secedes from the United States. The US retains 18 States and moves the national capital to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
1938
North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota attempt to join Canada as 7 newe provinces. When Ottawa attempts to make them several larger provinces they refuse and create the Farmers Republic of America. However, Western Montana remains a semi-lawless territory ruled by the FRA in theory and Outlaws in fact.
Idaho, Hawaii and Alaska join the Pacific Union. Nevada declares its independence as the Free State of Nevada. Utah declares independence as the Holy Kingdom of Deseret.
1939
At the outbreak of World War Two, the Pacific Union invades British Columbia with a force led by General George S. Patton. The CSA declares War on the SRA and begins the invasion of Illinois from Confederate Missouri.