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Post by futurist on Jun 23, 2016 6:20:16 GMT
What if James G. Blaine would have won the U.S. Presidency in 1884?
Any thoughts on this?
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Post by lordroel on Jun 28, 2016 14:51:55 GMT
What if James G. Blaine would have won the U.S. Presidency in 1884? Any thoughts on this? It seems he was a expansionist thus i would think under his presidency he would expand the United States holdings by diplomacy or war. |
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Post by futurist on Jul 2, 2016 22:05:49 GMT
What if James G. Blaine would have won the U.S. Presidency in 1884? Any thoughts on this? It seems he was a expansionist thus i would think under his presidency he would expand the United States holdings by diplomacy or war. Any ideas as to where exactly President Blaine will try to expand, though? |
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Post by lordroel on Jul 3, 2016 8:31:33 GMT
It seems he was a expansionist thus i would think under his presidency he would expand the United States holdings by diplomacy or war. Any ideas as to where exactly President Blaine will try to expand, though? During his time as Secretary of State he wanted renegotiation of the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty to allow the United States to construct a canal through Panama without British involvement, Mabey ifhe is president he will order the construction to begin of the Panama Canal if that is possible. He also wanted to establish trade with Korea and Madagascar, that could happen under his presidency. |
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Post by futurist on Jul 5, 2016 4:43:03 GMT
Any ideas as to where exactly President Blaine will try to expand, though? During his time as Secretary of State he wanted renegotiation of the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty to allow the United States to construct a canal through Panama without British involvement, Mabey ifhe is president he will order the construction to begin of the Panama Canal if that is possible. He also wanted to establish trade with Korea and Madagascar, that could happen under his presidency. None of these things really count as "expansionism," though. |
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Post by lordroel on Jul 5, 2016 13:45:33 GMT
During his time as Secretary of State he wanted renegotiation of the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty to allow the United States to construct a canal through Panama without British involvement, Mabey ifhe is president he will order the construction to begin of the Panama Canal if that is possible. He also wanted to establish trade with Korea and Madagascar, that could happen under his presidency. None of these things really count as "expansionism," though. It seems to me that i was wrong, the French already begun work on the Panama canal in 1881, maybe if he is president he have the United States join the building and make sure it is completed before OTL date. |
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Post by stevep on Jul 5, 2016 17:11:28 GMT
None of these things really count as "expansionism," though. It seems to me that i was wrong, the French already begun work on the Panama canal in 1881, maybe if he is president he have the United States join the building and make sure it is completed before OTL date. I think the French attempt failed because they had insufficient knowledge of the causes of yellow fever and maleria which devastated their labour forces. Would the US have had the necessary knowledge at the time either? Plus if I recall correctly it was seen as very much a prestige project by the French government so they might not welcome intervention by another power. It might be however that the US considers a rival canal, say via Nicaragua, which I think was the preferred alternative route. |
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