# Adventures in Alternate History:  What would happen if America never expanded

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 11, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-alternate-history-what-would-happen-if-america-never-expanded/352275 "2006-04-11T21:51:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-alternate-history-what-would-happen-if-america-never-expanded/352275/21 "2006-04-12T15:07:05Z")

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I’ve got a debate topic:

Is the OP really Harry Turtledove looking for the subject of his next series of novels? 😉

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**Author:** ![Stentor\_2.5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Stentor\_2.5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stentor_2.5)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-alternate-history-what-would-happen-if-america-never-expanded/352275/22 "2006-04-12T15:29:36Z")

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I can neither confirm nor deny these allegations at this time. 😉

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