Here is part Five:
1917—President Borden inaugurated.
The United States, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Japan extend their alliance to include Quebec, Brazil, and Argentina. These nations form the Tenfold Alliance.
President Borden proposes that the British, French, and Spanish royal families and extreme nationalists can go to Bermuda and congregate there, and Bermuda can become an independent nation. Congress passes this. The 17th amendment, calling for direct election of Senators goes into effect.
The Bolshevik Revolution begins in Russia. Borden discreetly backs the White Army. The Communists take power.
1918—Argentina annexes Uruguay and Chile. To protect against Argentine expansion, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Bolivia form the United South American Republic. Liberia is the 57th state to ratify the 18th amendment granting Congress the power to have an income tax. The amendment goes into effect. President Borden calls for a 19th amendment granting women the right to vote. A proposed amendment for the prohibition of alcohol is defeated in Congress. VP Fairbanks dies and President Borden chooses Secretary of Agriculture Herbert Hoover as his new VP. Refugees begin spilling into Siberia territory.
1919—Pro-women’s suffrage Congressmen admit New Zealand and Pershing as states to get more support for the 19th amendment, which is close to passing. The inhabitants of Pershing, though, not wanting to be named after a man who conquered them, ask to have the name changed back to Queensland, and Congress obliges. With bipartisan support, the amendment passes and goes into effect by the end of the year.
1920—The Progressives nominate James Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt to bring popular president Borden down. They are doomed though, as strong Socialist candidate Eugene Debs takes much steam away from their ticket, lodging an impressive win of Minnesota, and Borden is reelected in a landslide.
1921—President Borden gets word of corrupt people in his administration from Sec. of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt {he’ll never be out of the limelight . . .
} Borden fires all of them immediately and his popularity shoots up again. He releases Eugene Debs from prison on December 25. Siberia Territory is divided into three territories, each with several hundred thousand [many illegal] people: Kamchatka, Pendleton [the southern part], and Siberia [the rest].
1922—Police in Paris capture several leaders of the terrorist group LIBERATE, responsible for acts of terror throughout Spain, France, and Britain ever since American annexation. The terrorists kill themselves soon, but not before they allude to having several prisons somewhere off the coast of Scotland.
Aberdeen police do find one holding cell in December and release four men the terrorists had captured. The terrorists there burned most of their documents, but one mentions “Prisoner A” as a top priority who must never be allowed to go free.
1923—President Borden, Sec. of the Navy Roosevelt, and political activist Debs, leaders of the three major political parties, together release a document condemning forever all acts of terror. All three agree upon having members of the US Army and Navy scour Scotland, searching for any terrorist prison. They find five such prisons, one of which “Prisoner A” was in for several years. One search mission to a small obscure island of Scotland’s coast is commanded by Capt. Harry Truman. They don’t really expect to find anything, but as soon as they land on the island, they are attacked by men with prominent LIBERATE insignia. After the skirmish, they come across “the big one,” the largest of all prisons. The men scour the prison, releasing various captive Pro-Americans, yet they find no sign of “Prisoner A.” When personally examining the prison, Col. Truman notices a strange crack in the wall. He puts his hand up to it and a hidden door opens, and who does he see but a near-death malnourished Thomas Marshall, held captive by LIBERATE for eight years. Marshall gives him info on the rest of LIBERATE’s camps and returns to the US a hero. President Borden gives Marshall a huge welcome in DC and holds a banquet in his honor.
1924—The election of 1924 heats up early in the year. Debs declines to run again, and the Socialist party suffers greatly. Many Progressives want to nominate Thomas Marshall to play off his popularity, but he declines, saying he’s not yet fit for such a job. Theodore Roosevelt receives votes even though he says he’s not interested in the job. TR endorses Wisconsin governor Robert LaFollette, who receives the nomination along with Burton Wheeler of Montana {he does take Marshall for his VP candidate, which helps him get some votes}. Borden/Hoover run for a third term. On election night, unfortunately, it ends up a 375-375 tie. Despite the fact that LaFollette won more states, Conservative representatives go against the way their state voted and elect Borden to a third term. Angry Progressives start a riot, but a notice from LaFollette, Wheeler, TR, H.Johnson, Marshall, and other prominent progressives condemn such riots. They stop mostly, but many progressives are still very angry.
1925—Robert Borden is sworn in his third term. Tempers are high, but the inauguration goes without incident. Borden takes LaFollete onto his cabinet to cool some heads. Adolf Hitler is rejected by Vienna’s art school.
1926—The state of Keewatin is admitted by the Conservative-dominated Congress. President Borden proposes admitting several new states, but the Conservative-dominated Congress declines. In the midterm elections, the Progressives retake both houses. Tasmania [but not the rest of NSW] and Colombia [only northern part] become states. Southern Colombia becomes the territory of Meta.
1927—President Borden signs the European Statehood Initiative, calling for the twelve European territories to become states by 1935. Some progressives try to pass a bill barring President Borden from running for a fourth term, but it fails.
The European Nationalists on Bermuda declare themselves the Kingdoms of Bermuda and ally themselves with Russia and Italy.
1928—President Borden retires. Herbert Hoover and Charles Dawes receive the nomination for the presidency. The Progressives nominate Gov. Al Smith (NY) and Burton Wheeler of MT. Norman Thomas tries to lead the Socialist Party, but flounders as he is unable to inspire many people. The election is almost a repeat of 1924, with only IL switching sides, but that is enough for Hoover to win outright.
1929—Hoover is inaugurated. The stock market crashes in October. The Great Depression begins, but it is not as serious as OTL.
1930—Hoover starts the Transplantation Initiative, calling for people to move around in the US, getting the economy rolling and people moving. He also takes similar measures as he did in OTL.
1931—Despite Hoover doing his best and the GD not being his fault, he is very unpopular. “Hoovervilles” spring up around the country. He is especially unpopular in Europe and the almost-defeated LIBERATE and similar less violent organizations spring up.
1932—The Progressives nominate the 74-year-old Theodore Roosevelt without his campaigning for the nomination. He promises to only serve one more term and to get the ball rolling to success. He chooses his cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt as his VP. Hoover and Curtis are renominated, but most everyone knows there is no chance. People need a scapegoat, and TR is elected yet again to the presidency.
1933—Theodore Roosevelt becomes president again, nearly 40 years after the first time he was president. He begins with the “Hundred Days” of new reforms and launches the “New Deal.”
A list of presidents
Presidents:
1. George Washington, 1789-1797, F
2. John Adams, 1797-1801, F
3. Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809, DR
4. James Madison, 1809-1817, DR
5. James Monroe, 1817-1825, DR
6. John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829, NR
7. Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837, D
8. Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841, D
9. William H. Harrison, 1841, W—died of pneumonia
10. John Tyler, 1841-1845, W
11. James K. Polk, 1845-1851, D—died of cholera
12. George Dallas, 1851-1853, D
13. Franklin Pierce, 1853-1861, D
14. James Gadsden, 1861-1865, D
15. Stephen Douglas, 1865-1866, D—assassinated by Southern sympathizer
16. George Pendleton, 1866-1869, D
17. Horace Greeley, 1869-1875, R—retires due to poor health, dies in late 1875
18. Schuyler Colfax, 1875-1877, R
19. Samuel Tilden, 1877-1881, D
20. James Garfield, 1881, R—assassinated by disgruntled office seeker
21. Chester Arthur, 1881-1885, R
22. Thomas Hendricks, 1885, D—dies from strange disease
23. Grover Cleveland, 1885-1893, D
24. James Weaver, 1893-1894, Pop—dies in an unfortunate huge fire
25. Theodore Roosevelt, 1894-1905, Pop/Prog
26. William Taft, 1905-1909, Prog
27. Theodore Roosevelt, 1909-1913 Prog
28. Hiram Johnson, 1913-1914, Prog—retires after being permanently dismembered in a train wreck
29. Thomas Marshall, 1914-1915, Prog—captured by terrorists and presumed dead
30. Woodrow Wilson, 1915-1917, Prog
31. Robert Borden, 1917-1929, Cons
32. Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933, Cons
33. Theodore Roosevelt, 1933-, Prog
