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It'd probably rival the DMZ in Korea in regards to how weaponized the area would be, but invading Alaska, even with a viable land route, would be counterproductive, and wasteful. There's very little up in Alaska to occupy, and the terrain is shit. Not to mention whatever forces the Russians have...

This one is pretty much ASB territory, but an anti slavery clause is written into the constitution, and the southern states, mainly Georgia and the Carolina's, who were opposed to that OTL, actually go along with it. A true land of the free, without the scourge of slavery in its distant past...

Given that they sat on their hands for hundreds of years while Africa got fucked over by Europe, they'd be hated by the entire continent.

Hell, you had entire communities of Native Americand get wiped out by this IRL, now your looking at 28% of the country dying, out of a population of just over 100 million. We'll be doing better than most, but this is still absolutely devastating for us. And given the recorded death tolls from...

You'd probably see something close to a collapse in civilization. Most of Europe is fucked, a good portion of America is, all the European colonies are suddenly without leadership, which will take a toll, and so much more. Hell, even Japan is losing around 23 million people because of this.

The Parthians actually dissuaded a Chinese emissary from going farther than Arabia when he was seeking to contact Rome.

Minor contact between the two powers was very limited with each other due to distance and foreign powers that were in the way. It's also quite possible the Roman prisoners taken during the battle of Carrhae ended up in China.

That's why I rate Andrew Jackson goes down as the worst president we've ever had. He was a genocidal maniac who expelled millions of people from their homes.

Well at that point America jumps in one year earlier and the full might of the American war machine gets going towards Germany. One thing many people don't realize is that the Pacific Fleet was anaemic compared to the crown jewel that was the Atlantic Fleet. Which means all those carriers and...