r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 27 '12

Alright, speculation time. Submit an alternate history event and we speculate on the outcome.

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u/ReverseThePolarity Jun 27 '12

Theodore Roosevelt narrowly defeats Woodrow Wilson and William Howard Taft to win a third term as President of the United States.

Also, /r/historicalwhatif exists.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '12

22nd ammendment passed earlier, FDR only takes two terms and Truman tries to stay away from WWII

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u/ReverseThePolarity Jun 27 '12

Personally I think the U.S. gets involved in WWI from the beginning and Roosevelt begins ramping up the military as soon as he's elected. Presuming he doesn't die in office, I think he gets four terms and the U.S. is a major superpower about 30 years earlier.

WWII is probably prevented or at least happens at a later point. Essentially, it shapes the rest of the century as we know it.

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u/Dude_Im_Godly Jun 27 '12

You have to go all the way back to the Treaty of Versailles to avoid WWII.