SUPERIMPERIALIST AMERICA ERA ONE: The Ascent to Domination (1844-1991)

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i will finish this at some point, but i'm gonna have to put it on hold for now because of AP exams.

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around May 20 or so I'll be done with school for the year and I can write a good bit to catch up.  Probably won't be able to work much until then though

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Now that AP exams have been compeleted for me, I'll start working on the TL again!  Maybe I'll have the next part up tomorrow

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Due to other problems, I can't update today, but hopefully I can update tomorrow!  Sorry
And I'll probably have time to extend this past 2100

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let's see, ILV and WC, what are your first and last names and year you turn 35?

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Just put me down as Michael Robert Lane and I turn 35 in late Jan. 2041.

hmmm, that'd mean you're boon in 2006 . . .

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Just to update, I'm now in the mid-1940's but I'm going to wait until I finish totally with World War II until I post it here.
Just for a preview, WWII involves 3 alliances!

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1937—FDR is inaugurated as the 34th president.  Hitler announces that he seeks to add much of Austria-Hungary to Germany, maybe even all of it.  A-H declines.  FDR announces that the US will honor its alliance with A-H.  A-H, the US, Netherlands, and Belgium, decide to start disassociating with Germany.  Atlantica, Italy, and the USSR sign the Pact of Eternity, a symbol of their permanent alliance.  Hitler’s Germany is caught in the middle of the two largening alliances.

1938—Japan, Brazil, and Germany sign a treaty of friendship known as the Axis.  Quebec, under new leadership, decides to join it.  The US-centered alliance official reforms itself into the “Group of Six.”  The United South American Republic announces its intention to join the Pact of Eternity.
The Axis:
Brazil, Germany, Japan, Quebec
The Group of Six:
Argentina, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, United States
The Pact of Eternity:
Atlantica, Italy, USSR, USAR

1939—The US Congress is in turmoil; the Progressives and Conservatives are both split by isolationist and pro-foreign groups.  Many want the US to withdraw from the Group of Six and focus on domestic issues.  On July 1, Germany announces that it will occupy part of Austria-Hungary.  The Group of Six declares war on The Axis, and World War II is on.  The Pact of Eternity proclaims neutrality.  Troops begin movement in Africa.  Skirmishes begin in South America.

~There are WWII maps on the next page ~

1940—Belgium and the Netherlands are overrun, as is much of Austria-Hungary.  Both sides ask the Pact of Eternity to join, but to no avail.  Germany sweeps through Northern A-H.  Germany is pushed back at Paris by the Allies.  US Soldiers are drafted and chiefly sent to Europe.  In Africa, German troops capture part of former Netherlands territory.  The remaining Belgian and Dutch territory remains in limbo, somewhat independent.  Brazil captures America’s Guyanas, and begins moving into Argentina, finding them drastically unprepared for war.  Japan moves into Manchuria.
In the presidential election, the Conservatives and Progressives run a coalition ticket, with FDR and Wendell Wilkie, and win 888 electoral votes.  Norman Thomas runs again under the CCF, and wins the same 70 electoral votes as he did in 1936.  Quebec fortifies its cities for a US invasion.


1941—Portugal joins the US in March out of fear.  It is admitted as the 95th state.  The German panzers continue sweeping east through more of Austria-Hungary through Ukraine to the Black Sea.  Many Soviets see the threat posed by Germany, but the Pact of Eternity decides not to declare war on the Axis in July.  On the Western front, German panzers are beaten back at the Second Battle of Paris, leaving over 600,000 dead.  The US assumes control of former Portuguese, Belgian, and Dutch African territory, and Dutch East India.  Brazil decides to concentrate cheify on Argentina rather than the US, as Argentina, it seems, shall quickly fall.  American troops from Siberia liberate and occupy Manchuria and Sapporo.  American troops capture Southern Quebec; Newfoundland declares itself to be part of the US and is made a state.

1942—German troops sweep through eastern A-H and Bulgaria, and also into Lithuania.  President Roosevelt begs Stalin and the other members of the Pact of Eternity to join.  American soldiers defeat the Germans at Calais.  Germany withdraws its troops from Africa, seeing the need for them elsewhere, and America sends some troops.  America controls the entire continent by the end of the year.  Brazil captures all of Argentina except for some islands off the coast.  The rest of Japan and Korea are liberated, the US begins occupation.  US troops from Australia sweep across the Pacific and capture most of Japan and Germany’s islands.  German troops generally surrender, but it takes more trouble on Japanese islands.  The Kindgom of Hawaii voluntarily annexes itself to the US.  Quebec surrenders and is occupied by the US.

1943—Fearing a German invasion, Norway asks for annexation by the US and becomes a state.  Denmark and Sweden decline to join the US in plebiscites.  On February 28, alarmed by the fall of Argentina, the USSR, Italy, Atlantica, and the USAR join the Group of Six on their war with the Axis.  Germany moves into western Russia and makes a small gain.  Italy helps bolster the Austria-Hungarian lines and Germany makes no more gains in A-H.  Germany begins plans for a huge offensive into France, keying in on Paris.  Ireland decides to join the US as the 97th state.  The Manhattan Project begins.  New USAR troops capture some jungles of Brazil, and America regains the Guyanas.  

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1944—On January 27, the Third Battle of Paris begins.  Irish, Portuguese, and Norwegian troops have joined the other American troops in defense of the city.  Over 2,000,000 American soldiers wait there, and soliders of different ethnic backgrounds are beginning to work together.  Seeing that the Soviet armies will sweep west, Germany knows it must put everything into razing Paris, and forcing the Americans out of the war [the moral defeat can do wonders—a presidential election is coming up].  At the Third Battle of Paris, troops clash throughout the State of France; the Germans resort to massacring civilians.  When the German army finally surrenders in July, an astonishing 5,000,000 people have been killed.  American troops plunge into Germany, and Russian troops into eastern Europe.  In South America, D-Day begins!  Troops from America, USAR, the Argentine islands, and Atlantica land near Buenos Aries and take the area around the city.  America and the USAR capture more of the northern Brazilian jungles, but this doesn’t really mean much.
In the presidential election, a Progressive Coalition renominates FDR, but when Wilkie retires, they nominate William L. Mackenzie King for the VP spot.  With the Conservative Party dwindling, an Anti-War Group forms and nominates Henry Wallace and Glen Taylor.  Wallace promises to quickly end the war.  The CCF decides to endorse FDR for this election, but they pledge to nominate a candidate in 1948.  With the Conservatives, CCF, and Progressives behind him, FDR completes the first sweep since Washington, winning all 1005 electoral votes.  Wallace comes close in some states, but cannot win any.


1945—The G6 and PE troops continue to push across Germany.  Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg are liberated and join the US as states.  Hitler commits suicide.  Argentina regains much of its former territory as Brazil withdraws into its old borders for defensive reasons.  Atlantica begins a landing on Eastern Brazil, and captures some.  Sadly, FDR dies in April, and W. L. Mackenzie King becomes president.

1946—Germany finally surrenders totally.  Sweden and Demark apply for statehood, and the US assumes control of Western Germany, whose status will be determined later.  Brazil is defeated; 500,000 die at the battle of Sao Paulo, site of final resistance.  The US, USAR, Argentina, and Atlantica divvy up Brazil, and Atlantica gets a small piece—its first mainland territory.  WORLD WAR II is over!!!!

WORLD WAR TWO MAPS:






1947—Now with 103 states and much more area, the US’s focuses shifts inward.  All of this new area will have to be developed.  Decisions must be made on occupied territory.  An amendment to the constitution concerning American Territory:
America will consist of three types of territory:  states, district, and occupied territory {OT}
States will have 2 senators and appropriate representation in the House.  No new state can be admitted as the smallest state by population.
Districts are less developed areas that have only one voting representative in the House and one electoral vote.
OT is territory captured in a war, and must be given independence, districthood, or statehood 7 years after creation.
The amendment passes soon.

Africa is districtized.  In a rare move, Gambia secedes from Liberia in order to unite into the Senegal District.  In all, 59 districts are created.

1948—President King announces his retirement.  The parties are somewhat reformed; the CCF nominates Norman Thomas and Henry Wallace, and that brings some more support to their cause.  The Progressive Party nominates MO Senator Harry Truman and NY statesman Thomas Dewey.  The Conservative Party, which has greatly fallen, chooses the far-right Strom Thurmond and the more moderate Earl Warren.  Later, Mohammad Hatta of Indonesia announces his run for the presidency, and promises immediate statehood for all districts should he win.  He chooses Australian William John McKell for his vice-president.  Hatta/McKell popular in the Muslim lands and Australia, but cannot hope to win much more.  There is much speculation that the race may be thrown into the House.
In the end, though, Truman runs away with it, but Hatta impressively sweeps the “Far Southeast” and all of Africa, and several territories in America that have been itching for statehood.  Note:  Turnout across many of the “un-American-like” districts was between 10-20%, so it should not be taken to mean that everyone there desires or even cares about statehood.

WWIII almost breaks out in Europe between Austria-Hungary and the USSR over a land dispute {USSR hasn’t given back some liberated land, but war is averted when the USSR returns the land to A-H in exchange for being allowed to formally annex must of Eastern Europe.

1949—For the first time in forever, Theodore Roosevelt, now in his 90’s, is not in the president’s cabinet. Guided by President Truman, Congress allows Western Australia, New South Wales, Southern Australia, and Victoria to be admitted to the Union as states.  The US now contains 107 states.  Mohammed Hatta and others begin the Colonial Statehood Caucus, a House Organization to vehemently campaign for statehood.

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If anyone has suggestions or comments, I'd love to hear and entertain them  I hope you enjoy.

BTW, Eastern Oklahoma is Indian Territory

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Some notes:
In this TL, Greenland was bought by Iceland in the early 1900's.  Iceland acheived its indepedence and bought Greenland and Svalbard.
Altantica owns the Azores and wants the Cape Verde Islands.
The Manhattan Project produced an atomic bomb in 1945, but it was decided to not use it since only Brazil and Germany were left to beat and it wasn't necessary.  No other countries are aware of the US's atomic bomb.

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THE WORLD IN 1950

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i found the world map at www.citypopulation.de

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THE TIMELINE, CONTINUED:

1950—Hatta continues to call for statehood and is little heard.  Harry Belvin, chief of the Oklahoma Choctaw, and Indian Territory’s representative calls for statehood for Indian Territory.
Turkey and Greece nearly fall to Communism like much of the rest of Eastern Europe, but Truman sends much aid to prevent this, much as in OTL.
The people of Austria-Hungary begin protesting under King Franz Ferdinand’s absoluteism.  He’s not a bad ruler at all, but the people want democracy.  Seeing this, he makes a HUGE PR move and allows democracy to come.  He’ll keep his title, but he gives up most of his power.

1951—With the Cold War now officially, going, Congress hurridiedly decides to admit the Siberian states.  The Statehood Coalition is happy, but encourages more statehood.  The Districts are mostly much worse off, and statehood could improve them.  Congress passes the Internal Movement Act, which gives tax incentives to rich people who move to a poor area.

1952—A communist revolt occurs in the USAR.  Truman does everything he can to stop it, but fails.  Truman drops out of the presidential race after performing poorly in the New Hampshire primary.
Adlai Stevenson seeks the Progressive nomination, but instead it goes to WWII General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who is more moderate than the usual progressive.  Eisenhower picks Stevenson as his running mate.
The CCF shockingly dumps Thomas and instead chooses Vincent Auriol of France, along with Tommy Douglas.  Many liberals turn to Auriol, dissatisfied with Eisenhower.
The Conservatives, in winless in 20 years, decide to look at Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, but when he takes the Progressive nomination, they reluctantly choose Gen. Douglas MacArthur
The Statehood Coalition picks Hatta and McKell again, and this time they have more support.  A major issue is the Occupied Territory, which must by 1954 become districts or independent.  Eisenhower supports a referendum; Auriol statehood, and MacArthur wants to amend the constitution to occupy them longer.
To win, a candidate needs 593 electoral votes, which is exactly how many Eisenhower gets.  The Conservatives are distraught at yet another loss.


1953—Eisenhower announces a referendum for the occupied territories of Quebec, Germany, Brazil, and Greater Japan.  The options are districthood and independence.  The date of the referendum will be July 31.  Mohammad Hatta tours Japan, Korea, and Manchuria begging for them to choose districthood and reminding them how they’ve improved.  Germany, seeing how their lives and the lives of their neighbors have improved, overwhelming chooses to become a district.  Brazil, in a close 52-48 vote, also chooses districthood.  Seeing the threat of Communism very nearby, Japan, Korea, and Manchuria become districts as well.  The USSR and China are dismayed.  Quebec decides to become a district by a large margin.

1954—Montenegro falls to Communism.  Soon enough, so does Albania.  Austria-Hungary and Greece attempt to stop it, but to no avail.  The USSR moves South and takes over Turkistan.  The districts and states on the mainland cower in fear at such a thought.  In response, Eisenhower sends 500,000 US soldiers to Siberia, Kamchatka, Pendleton, Korea, and Manchuria.  The thought that WWIII may be just around the corner frightens many Americans.  Eisenhower’s approval rates plummets.

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1955—The US sends an envoy to Mongolia offering annexation, but he turns up dead.  The next day, Mongolia decides to join the Soviet Union.  Eisenhower raises the troop count in East Asia to 800,000, lowering his approval rating even more {except in East Asia, where it rises }
McArthur is placed in command in East Asia.  He asks the president for permission to use force whenever he feels it is necessary without the president’s permission.  He also asks the president for three small atomic bombs {which are top secret—no one else has them}.  President Eisenhower will not consent to this.  When McArthur criticizes Eisenhower to the press, Eisenhower has no choice but to fire him.  At the end of the year, Communism prevails in Thailand.

1956—Having not won an election in 24, the Conservatives are ready to win—now.  Their first hope is to nominate Winston Churchill, governor of Anglia, and social leader during WWII, but his old age and poor health prevent that.  They finally settle on Alexander Douglas-Home of Scotland, and Richard Nixon of CA as his running mate.  Vincent Auriol and Norman Thomas both campaign for the CCF nomination, but surprisingly, Adlai Stevenson shows up at the CCF convention and asks them to choose Eisenhower and himself on a coalition ticket.  Even more surprisingly, the CCF decides to endorse Eisenhower/Stevenson for a second term.  Despite a low approval rating, this endorsement gives Eisenhower a second chance at reelection.  Mohammad Hatta announces he won’t run for president in June, as does McKell, leaving the Statehood Coalition without a candidate.  Then Eisenhower makes a commitment to bring in more states, and the S.C. endorses him and Stevenson.  Despite his tri-party fusion ticket, Douglas-Home seems very likely to defeat Eisenhower.  The Conservatives are banking everything on this election.  If they lose, the different factions will likely break apart.  This 2-man election requires 596 votes to win.  An anamoly of the polls seems to show close in most states, but Douglas-Home way ahead in Australia, and Eisenhower way ahead in non-English Europe.

Despite Conservative high hopes, Eisenhower is able to win, with Europe being the deciding factor.

1957—The Conservative Party breaks down:  Conservatives from the “American Heartland,” or English-speaking continental North America, form the American Party.  Strom Thurmond is the party’s chief.  Their aim is “to secure independence for the districts and concentrate on improvements for the Real America.”  European conservatives combine with more moderate American conservatives to form the Republican Party, a throwback to the nineteenth century party.
Eisenhower begins his second term.  The Communist Party begins taking strides in India.  Eisenhower sends aid to pro-Democratic parties.
Turkey falls to Communism.  Eisenhower cannot prevent it.
At this point, the following countries are communist:  USSR, USAR, Turkey, China, Thailand.

1958—To the free world’s dismay, Iceland falls to Communism.  Later this year, the USSR invades and takes over Afghanistan.  Troops in East Asian America go on red alert.  Eisenhower increases the number to 1,000,000 troops in Siberia/Manchuria and 500,000 in Europe.  Another heartbreaking blow comes in July:  Arabia and Persia have gone Communist.  Eisenhower’s approval rating drops into the 30’s.  Reactionaries and radicals alike call for his resignation, but many still support him.  Then, in a surprising forward gesture, Eisenhower personally travels to meet with Muhammad Najib al-Rubai, president of the United Arab Republic, and the two of them agree that the UAR will never go Communist.  Then, in an even more daring move, he meets with Mohammad Ayub Khan, president of Pakistan, and he also signs a permanent alliance with the US, and agrees to always have a Pakistani democracy.  The “victories” of the UAR and Pakistan restore many people’s faith in Eisenhower.

1959—The Free Peoples of the World meet in February in Pierce for the Thunder Bay Conference.  The subject:  containment of Communism.  In the fateful conference, the United States, Argentina, Atlantica, Austria-Hungary, Pakistan, the United Arab Republic, Italy, San Marino, Sri Lanka, the Indian Ocean Confederation, Andorra, Liechtenstein, and Greece sign the Pact of Freedom.
The conference is planning to seat delegates from India when word is received that India has fallen to Communism.  The nations of the Pact of Freedom are stunned.
In October, USARian rebels land in the Bay of Swords on the Pacific coast.  They intend to overthrow the government, but fail miserably.  They are later found to have been armed by the Pact of Freedom.  The “Bay of Swords” Incident haunts Eisenhower and the other free countries.  In December, the armies of the USSR and India look into Pakistan.  Eisenhower clearly tells the communists than any excursion into Pakistan will start WWIII.  At 4 AM, December 31, 1959, Communist troops move into Pakistan.  As soon as Eisenhower hears, he asks Congress to declare war on the USSR and India.  Congress obliges with little opposition.  Eisenhower fears for the lives of American citizens, thrown into yet another world war, but remembers that America has a weapon that other nations do not:  the atomic bomb.

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Does anyone else have any comments?

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From now on, I'll be posting by decade.

A preview for the sixties
Turblent times, atomic bombs, and several assassinations.

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THE SIXTIES

1960—US soldiers pour into Eastern USSR on January 1.  The army of Pakistan withdraws to a defensive position around Islamabad, facing the combined onslaught of India and the USSR.  Turkey, Persia, and Arabia march on the United Arab Republic.  Soviet troops are moved into Montenegro and Albania to help them defend themselves.  The USAR and Thailand engage in skirmishes with US troops along their borders.  Chinese and American troops fight in first major engagement of the war, the Battle of Beijing.  Under semiheavy casualties, American forces withdraw.  The Pact of Freedom declares war on all of the world’s Communist countries.
By February, Thailand has been subjugated and placed under occupation, with a referendum scheduled for 1968.  In a somewhat surprising move, the Trucial States declare war on Arabia and join the Pact of Freedom.  The Soviet and Indian troops engage Pakistani troops at Islamabad.  The battle rages on with no clear favorite.  Italian and Greek troops enter Montenegro and set up a new democratic government which proclaims freedom for all.  Austro-Hungarian troops liberate Tirana, and the rest of Albania.  Albania becomes a province of the A-H Republic.  Many American troops in Europe {Which includes German troops} are sent to the UAR, which is loosing badly.
By August, Greek, American, Italian, and A-Hian troops are bogged down in Eastern Europe, American troops have withdrawn from the UAR following its unfortunate fall, and the war in the East is going nowhere.
West Pakistan falls on September 3.  East Pakistan now proclaims itself Bangladesh.
Amongst all of this, a presidential election is occurring.  The American party has nominated Harry Byrd for president, with founder and former presidential candidate Strom Thurmond for VP.
The new Republican Party decides to nominate CA representative Richard Nixon for president, and in a somewhat suprising move, they nominate Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, governor of the state of Mexico, for VP.
The Progressive Party decides to nominate President Eisenhower again, but VP Stevenson declines to be on the ticket again.  Instead, Eisenhower chooses Lyndon Johnson of TX to be his running mate.
The CCF is dead, basically.  They’ve lost a lot, and their pacifist platform is about shot.  The Statehood Coalition reluctantly endorses Eisenhower again.
A lot of new things happen this time.  Several Spanish states don’t vote Progressive for the first time EVER.  When the race ends up with no majority, it goes to the House, who choose Richard Nixon as the 38th president of the United States.


1961—Richard Nixon is inaugurated.  He is eager to end the war quickly, and cost as few American lives as possible.  He sends troops to southern Pakistan to relieve the entrenched at Islamabad.
In South America, the USAR decides to throw everything at Argentina.  The battles go very well for the USAR.  At this point, Nixon feels like he has no choice.  He orders atomic bombs dropped on New Delhi and Quito.  On what would later be called the Day of Darkness, April 18, both cities are reduced to rubble.  Within a week, the various nations of each side sue for peace.  WWIII has come to an abrupt end.
In the end, WWIII accomplished very little.  The only changes:
Thailand is now occupied by the US.
Montenegro and Albania now have democratic governments.
The United Arab Republic is now hated by its neighbors.
New Delhi and Quito have been reduced to rubble.
Bangladesh is now an independent nation, and Sikkim has gained independence as well.
Both the US and USSR each had comparatively few casualities.  The brunt of the fighting was done in the UAR, Pakistan, and USAR/Argentina.  Other nations become somewhat angry at each nation.

1962—Mohammad Hatta declares that now that WWIII is over, statehood must become a huge concern for the US.  The Republican-controlled House proposes admitting Guyana, Venezuela, Meta, and Alaska as states.  With few reservations, it passes, and 4 new states join the union on July 4.  When Indian Territory is not admitted, the state goes into a huge riot.  200,000 protestors gather on the Capitol grounds.  Harry Belvin gives an inspiring speech, when all of a sudden, shots ring out.  Harry Belvin has been shot dead.  The people are stunned.  This assassination causes enough backlash to have Congress, in a special session, admit Indian Territory as a state.  Belvin is chosen as the new name for this state.
The USSR puts up a manmade satellite into orbit.  President Nixon and MA Senator John F. Kennedy make a joint goal of sending an American to the moon and safely returning him by 1969, a very lofty goal.

1963—Atlantica grants its Brazilian territory independence.  It wasn’t working out, a few Atlantic islands {all with big cities on them, though}, ruling a much larger segment of Brazil.  The US eyes this area for annexation, but they actually reject the US, even though the Northern Brazil District is becoming more and more cool with being part of the US.
President Nixon decides to go to Dallas in late November 1963.  There, while in a limo in Deeley Plaza, a shot rings out of the Texas School Book Depository, and President Nixon is shot dead.  Lee Harvey Oswald is accused, but killed before he can go to trial.  Gustavo Diaz Ordaz becomes the nation’s first Hispanic president.  He announces that he will pick Henry Cabot Lodge as his VP.
Martin Luther King makes his “I have a dream” speech, and President Ordaz is in full support of King.

1964—President Ordaz manages to pass a bill proclaiming the Lesser Antilles, the Bahamas, and Belize {formerly British Honduras} as the 116th, 117th, and 118th states.
The presidential election is fast approaching.  The Republicans, with a little dismay, nominate Ordaz/Lodge.  Some bigotry causes some defection into the American Party, who renominate Harry Byrd, along with Marvin Griffin.  Several contend for the Progressive nomination, but Lyndon B. Johnson is able to secure it in the end.  Mohammad Hatta and the Statehood Coalition endorse Ordaz, all but guaranteeing his victory.

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1965—The American Party hates Ordaz a lot, and some Republicans question him, while Progressives like him.  All in all, though, he is a uniter, and very unpolarizing.  His approval rating stands at 81%.
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Ordaz drafts the Interstate Highway Program, which was defeated during Eisenhower’s presidency.  The ambitious program proposes interstate highways across the US, including Africa and Southeast Asia, and a very ambitious bridge across the Bering Strait.  Hatta is elated; putting these interstates through less developed land will promote trade and provide jobs.  The American Party condemns such a plan.

1966—With the Mercury program completed, and Gemini going on schedule, many people are beginning to think that the Americans could get to the moon by 1969.  South Africa is admitted as a state.
The nation mourns as Theodore Roosevelt dies at age 107, and the nation goes into mourning.  His birthday, October 27, is made a national holiday by executive order of President Ordaz.

1967—A fire on the Apollo 1 launchpad results in the deaths of three American astronauts.  The space program is pushed back somewhat, but President Ordaz assures everyone that things will be ok, and the space program must move on.  The Statehood Act passes through Congress over the deep discord of the American Party, proclaiming that at least two new states will be created every year on July 4 until all districts have become states.  On July 4, the District of Germany is divided into three states, bringing the total to 122:  Westphalia, Rhineland, and Brandenburg.  Martin Luther King makes

1968—The presidential election season starts up again.  President Ordaz, despite his popularity, decides not to seek another term.  He turns the Republican nomination over to his VP Lodge, and Spiro Agnew of MD is nominated for VP.  Alabama governor George Wallace runs with General Curtis LeMay under the American Party.  He speaks out to many people frustrated with spending much money in Africa and SE Asia, and with the Statehood Act.  His platform calls for cessation of financing and eventual independence of non-North American territories.  Quite a few people seek the Progressive nomination in 1968, including Hubert Humphrey, Eugene McCarthy, John F. Kennedy, and Robert Kennedy.  RFK seems to be getting the nomination, but after his impressive win in the CA primary, he is shot dead by Sirhan Sirhan.  His brother John is sweeps the next few primaries and wins the nomination.  He picks Harold Wilson of Britain as his running mate.
A referendum in Thailand chooses to become a district, due to circumstances, the process isn't completed until November 19, after election day.
Congress decides to grant statehood to Quebec and Suriname.
Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis, to the dismay of many.
As Election Day nearens, several surprising trends emerge:  the Latin American states will be more competitive, and George Wallace has much more support than Byrd did.  With both Lodge and Kennedy from Massachusetts, New England is a big tossup.  For the first time, the Statehood Coalition decides against endorsing a candidate, the districts are somewhat split.
By the end, though, Kennedy’s Catholicism helps him pull through in the Latin American states and sweep the election.  Though the electoral college is a landslide, the national popular vote was Kennedy 41, Lodge 40, Wallace 16.


1969—John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the nation’s 40th president.  
Ghana and Angola are admitted into statehood.
On July 20, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Yuri Gagarin {his parents escaped into American Siberia in his youth} are the first men to walk on the moon.  A commemorative plaque is left behind, with the names of Armstrong, Gagarin, Kennedy, and Nixon.
The “Amazing” New York Mets win the World Series in five games over the heavily favored Bogotá Bombers.

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Why would Arafat send a terrorist to kill Bobby Kennedy in this TL? Certainly not for his support for Israel, as in real life. Or are their Palestinian Nationalists protesting their incorporation into the UAR?

Since there is no Isreal in this TL, i guess there are other reasons.

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What happended in the 1968 Thailand refferendum?  Also will the space program continue as in OTL or will it be different?

Thanks for pointing out the Thailand thing.  I've fixed the problem.  As for the space program, it'll probably go somewhat different, much of it depending on who the president is.

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Does Herbert Hoover get to live longer than 90 years in this timeline?

If TR can be 107, then certainly Hoover can live at least as long

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I'm working on the 1970's now, and perhaps can post it by this afternoon.

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yes, i'll update before i leave for DC.

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1970—George Wallace takes an unexpected trip to Southeast Asia to meet with a young dissident by the name of Pol Pot.  They talk for a long time about how the United States should leave the region.  Pol Pot is suspected to be both Communist and evil, especially by Mohammad Hatta, but he agrees to help campaign for the American Party.  From this point forward, the American Party becomes popular in districts by those who support independence.
French Guiana and Taiwan are admitted into statehood.
Mohammad Hatta proposes the Fair Districts Act, which essentially proposes that no district is to have a larger population than the largest state.  This act would create many new districts in SE Asia.  Though the Act is eventually defeated, President Kennedy does get an act passed that creates a few more districts, including Papua New Guinea, and dividing Indonesia into 3 districts [Jakarta, Aceh and Borneo, East Indonesia}.  Pol Pot is elected to Congress as the Indochina District’s representative, the first member of the American Party to come from a district.  Apollos 12, 13, and 14 travel to the moon without incident.

1971—In January, former Boer lands are admitted as the state of Orange.  Many are disgruntled with the fact that the area is to become one large state, with 50 electoral votes, the nation’s largest, but despite them, it does.  The House of Representatives chamber, which now holds over 1200 congressmen, is getting a bit crowded.  Some shortsided person decides to sit representatives by region, and Pol Pot and Mohammad Hatta are seated next to each other.  Shouting matches and arguments become frequent; they almost come to blows more than once.  Hawaii is granted statehood later that year.  Apollos 15, 16, and 17 make missions to the moon.

1972—The Kennedy/Wilson administration enters the election year with a high probably of reelection.  The nation is in a high, and getting even higher.  Improving matters, the Republican Party has no viable candidate to even challenge him.  Several candidates emerge.  MD governor Spiro Agnew, CA governor Ronald Reagan, Orange governor Nicholas Diederichs, and MI Representative Gerald Ford, all declare candidacy.  Another group of people back former president Ordaz, despite the fact he says he doesn’t want the nomination.  Diederichs campaigns throughout Iowa, and manages to pull of an impressive win there.  In the next primaries, NH and OG{whose legislature cleverly put an early primary to helpout Diederichs}, are also won by Diederichs.  Though Ford and Agnew each win a few, the big battle is between Diederichs and Reagan.  In the end Diedrichs wins the nomination, and rather than picking a sensible running mate {Reagan}, he chooses Oswaldo Lopez Arellano of Honduras, who came into the governership by . . . questionable . . . means.  The ticket of Diederichs/Lopez gains some steam in places, but Diederichs support of the now-abolished apartheid system scares many people.  Some Republicans defect to Kennedy; others defect to the American Party, breathing new life into the floundering party, and prompting George Wallace and Curtis LeMay to make a second run.
Then, in May, while campaigning, George Wallace is shot.  In a shocking move, he announces that he’s gonna drop out of the race, and because Diederichs’s blatant support of a racist policy, he endorses Kennedy.
A breakin occurs at Kennedy headquarters in June.  Agents of Diederichs are shown to be the culprits.  This tarnishes Diederichs’s already bleak image.
In August, Sabah and Sarawak are admitted into statehood, in time enough to vote in the presidential election.  Not that it matters . . . Wallace’s endorsement, fears of Diederichs’s extremism, and Watergate are enough to give Kennedy the election in an all-but-one-state landslide.


1973—The first space station, Skylab enters service in Earth orbit.  The Ivory Coast is admitted into statehood, along with Senegambia.
Leaders from Argentine-occupied Brazil and the US District of North Brazil meet with leaders of the Independent Atlantic Brazil.  They begin discussing reuniting the three parts into a new nation of Brazil {of course, the jungles occupied by USAR wouldn’t be  a part}.  President Kennedy says he will allow the District of North Brazil to hold a referendum.  Cleverly upping the stakes, he puts statehood and independence as the only two options.  Surprisingly enough, Argentine Brazil votes to join Atlantic Brazil in a new Republic of Brazil, while North Brazil chooses statehood.  In a treaty with the new Brazilian republic, slight boundary changes are made to make the boundary correspond to Brazillian states, rather than arbitrary division.  Two new states are scheduled to enter the union from the district in January 1974.

1974—The Final Apollo Missions, Apollos 18 and 19 land on the moon.  NASA begins to concentrate on space stations.  Bahia and North Brazil become states.  In the midterm elections, the Democrats lose several seats, but maintain their lose hold on Congress.  Republicans make gains in the west, and the American party holds strong, especially in Indochina, were Pol Pot is highly reelected.  Seeing the threat that Pol Pot makes on stability in the region, President Kennedy and Mohammad Hatta begin drawing up maps on statehood for Indochina.  In sports, the Stockholm Blitz defeat the Monrovia Warriors in the first Superbowl involving no North American teams.

1975—Cambodia, Laos, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam are admitted to the union in January.  Some people disgruntle at North and South Vietnam now being the two largest states in the union, but oh well.  Pol Pot becomes the leader of the American Party after George Wallace’s final retirement.  Despite the fact that Cambodia is now a state, he still dreams of his own nation in SE Asia.

1976—The Republicans enter the presidential election year with a lot against them.  JFK is very popular, but he announces in February that he won’t seek reelection due to back trouble.  His VP Harold Wilson surprisingly announces that he’s retiring and won’t seeking the Progressive nomination.  The main contenders for the nomination turn out to be Quebec senator Pierre Elliot Trudeau and Georgia governor Jimmy Carter.  Contenders for the Republican nomination include Ronald Reagan of CA, NZ governor Robert David Muldoon, MI Representative Gerald Ford, and AB senator Joe Clark.  The American Party has no viable candidate, and Pol Pot announces his candidacy in March.  Carter and Trudeau continue in a dogfight for the Progressive nomination, and Reagan begins to pull away with the Republican nomination when he decides to also seek the American nomination.  His fusion ticket catches on, and he begins sweeping the primaries of both parties.
In June, Italy invokes the Roosevelt Doctrine and proclaims that it has joined the US as four states.  Some people are taken aback, but Congress accepts Italy into the union.  It has become four states:  North Italy, Roma, Tyrrhenia, on the mainland & Sicily, and Italy’s island possessions of Sardinia, Corsica, Malta, and Balearics as the state of Mediterranea.  San Marino and Vatican City cease being sovereign nations and become part of the states of Italy.  Andorra joins the state of Aquitaine.  Monaco joins the state of Mediterranea.
Carter finally secures the nomination at the convention and chooses Trudeau as his VP to help heal the rift.  Reagan chooses Joe Clark as his running mate on his Republican/American coalition ticket.  Carter and Reagan debate several times, with both candidates coming across very well.