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    If the US never acquires the Philippines in 1898 and a big giant butterfly net prevents any major changes to our TL over the next 43 years, ...

    https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/william-jennings-bryan-wins-the-1896-presidential-election.486191/
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    If the US never acquires the Philippines in 1898 and a big giant butterfly net prevents any major changes to our TL over the next 43 years, ...

    By the way, couldn't even a US President William Jennings Bryan have supported US basing rights in the Philippines even if the Philippines would have become independent? As in, have US military bases in the independent Philippines in order to protect the Philippines from predatory European and...
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    If the US never acquires the Philippines in 1898 and a big giant butterfly net prevents any major changes to our TL over the next 43 years, ...

    @Skallagrim Wasn't a part of the raison d'etre for the 1893 Hawaiian coup by dissatisfied planters the hope that Hawaii would soon join the US?
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    If the US never acquires the Philippines in 1898 and a big giant butterfly net prevents any major changes to our TL over the next 43 years, ...

    -Bryan supported Puerto Rican annexation, no? -And didn't the US want to annex Hawaii under Benjamin Harrison (several years before the Span-Am War) but simply ran out of time to do this before Grover Cleveland's second inauguration?
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    If the US never acquires the Philippines in 1898 and a big giant butterfly net prevents any major changes to our TL over the next 43 years, ...

    Excellent analysis! That said, though, a question: What about having Garfield live in 1881, win reelection in 1884, have Cleveland win in 1888, have some Republican win in 1892, and then have some Bourbon Democrat win in 1896? Would that work for this? Also, was WJ Bryan against Hawaii...
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    If the US never acquires the Philippines in 1898 and a big giant butterfly net prevents any major changes to our TL over the next 43 years, ...

    If the US never acquires the Philippines in 1898 and a big giant butterfly net prevents any major changes to our TL over the next 43 years, does the US still ever enter World War II, let alone enter World War II on schedule? Any thoughts on this? @stevep @History Learner @Zyobot @Skallagrim...
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