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AH Challenge: Fewer American States
Topic Started: Feb 12 2012, 03:32 AM (285 Views)
Simon Darkshade
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What separate circumstances would lead to a situation with the following?

- A single Virginia encompassing both West Virginia and Virginia
- A single Carolina encompassing NC and SC
- A single Dakota encompassing ND and SD
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Basil Fawlty
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I don't know off the top of my head, but one Dakota might have happened if the Democrats were in control of Congress at the time of admission. The Republicans admitted a bunch of states to bolster their power. But that could block admission altogether.

Some other ideas:
- New Mexico and Arizona as one state. Taylor considered this in the late 1840's.
- Texas and New Mexico as one state (to the Rio Grande), with Arizona getting the rump.
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Simon Darkshade
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What about the reverse of this, whereby there are a few more American states?

Would a division of Northern and Southern California be viable at some stage? If so, what would be the results?
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Basil Fawlty
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It's really a question of how many more you want. The premise is easy.
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Simon Darkshade
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I'll do a quick count of required state names. ;)
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Basil Fawlty
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Would be hard to divide California early. I think they insisted on keeping it together when they applied for statehood to control the gold deposits. If some means of detaching the south is found, it could conceivably result in a secession attempt during the Civil War. That would be interesting.
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Simon Darkshade
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Something in the 1880-1900 period is what I was thinking of.
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