What if the Confederates have won instead?

Answer 1

Well now, keep in mind that the current President is from Texas and the previous two or three presidents ALSO had close connections with the south, one may well suggest they HAVE ultimately won - in which case you can see for yourself what kind of country you would have if the Confederates had won.

Answer 2

I would imagine that had the Confederate States managed to preserve themselves in North America, the current state of the continent would have been entirely dependant upon how two the two federations managed to divide up that open space between the first tier of Trans-Mississippi states and the west coast. Another factor that would be involved would be the status of the slave states that remained in the Union as well. Would they have suceeded and joined the Confederacy? How would the Union have dealt with the British colonies now that the Confederacy was gone? There is far too many varibalbles to speculate properly. Some conclusions that I think you could make strong arguments for would be:

1. There would be no such thing as "Western Canada";

Expansionist forces in the United States would have been envigorated in a way that the Republic's respect for the weak agreements with the British to stay south of the 49th paralell would have never been respected. Depending on how much devastation had been inflicted upon the Union's industrial capacity, it would be likely that the Union still would have been in a situation of heightened industrial production which would have to find an outlet in hinterland expansion. Railways, mines, and ranches would have been driven north far before any British/Canadian stake could have been made. Especially considering at the time that the vast magority of the white population in modern western Canada was in British Columbia and American already, I think that process would have been a juggernaut that could not have been stopped.

2. The Confederacy would have been drawn into war with Spain and perhaps Mexico as well:

I have no doubt in my mind that as soon as the Confederacy was able, the pre-Civil War calls for the annexation of Cuba would be heard and put into action and that struggle would have been just as one sided as the Spanish American war was. As to whether the same drive would be felt when it came to that part of Mexico immediately to the south of Texas is another matter, but it is something that ought to be considered.

3. There would be another country in North America that none of us could have imagined;

Would California have stayed in the Union considering the Confederacy was in existence? Maybe they would have seceded as well and built a nation that ran North to South along the Pacific Coast?

Would eastern Canada have formed into a Confederation of their own or would they have relented and joined the Republic? Where would Quebec fit into this equation? Being the maritime provinces of Canada could feel more secure being host to the Royal Navy maybe they would have formed their own Union? Who knows? The point is power dynamic would have totally shifted in North America and something quite unexpected like this would have had to have happened.

Answer 3

There would be no such thing as an Executive Order.

There might not be a Federal Income Tax.

The National Guard would have remained under the command of the governer's of the states.

Senators would still be elected by state legislatures, rather than by popular vote.

There would have been no forced bussing and integration in either country.

United States Airborne troops would not have enforced Federal Court orders at gunpoint among citizens.

The Federal government would operate according to the Constitution, rather than in spite of it, as it does now.

Slavery would have ended peacefully in the Confederate States according to the Brazil plan of graduated emancipation.

The US may still have grown to be a super power, but not the empire it became. It's doubtful the CSA would have any sort of imposing world power. The major contribution from the Southern states to the US role as a superpower has been officers and soldiers. The industrial might of the US wouldn't have been greatly affected by secession.

There may not have been a WWII. This is a controversial hypothesis of mine which most people want to dismiss. The US declared war on Germany by a margin of one vote in WWI. The US contributions of men and materials helped bring Germany to its knees, and accept onerous conditions of surrender. The US may even have entered the war on the side of Germany. The economic devastation of Germany after the war was fertile ground for a demogogue like Hitler. If Germany had not suffered as it did, Hitler would never have been anything but a starving artist.

I believe many of the racial problems in the South stem from Reconstruction, and not slavery itself, so racial problems may not have been any worse in the CSA than they are in the Northern states of the USA now; which still has a lot of room for improvement.

Answer 4

The USA would not be a world power. Who knows if the USA and CSA would have ever become friends or allies. Maybe slavery would even still exist in the CSA. There is also no way to know if The USA and the CSA would have been on the same side in later conflicts. It might have seriously impacted later events. Thank God that the Confederates did not win and fragment the USA.

Answer 5

try the book, " If the South had Won the Civil War. " and other alternate history books.

Answer 6

I believe there are a couple of books and perhaps one novel on the subject.

Answer 7

The wetbacks would've had to travel another 600 miles or so to reach the US....