The 1912 Election in the United States saw Woodrow Wilson as the winner due to the Republican Party having two different candidates. However, what if Wilson didn’t win, but Teddy Roosevelt did?
If Woodrow Wilson lost, there would have been no USSR[]
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| Woodrow Wilson wins the 1912 election and promotes American neutrality in the war | Teddy Roosevelt wins the 1912 election and joins the war in Europe early. |
| Germany continues unrestricted submarine warfare and sinks the Lusitania, while also sending the Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico. | Germany is likely to pull forces from the East to reinforce the Western front, allowing Russian offensives to be more successful. |
| War is over by 1921 | War is over by 1917 |
| Russian Civil War breaks out in 1918, paralyzing Russian intervention in the war and eventually establishing the Soviet Union. | Russian Civil War is avoided due to the shorter, more decisive conflict. Government is seen as more capable of overcoming greater odds. Even if a civil war breaks out, the Bolsheviks would have less of a chance. |
Without Woodrow, America itself would likely be better off[]
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| Wilsonian Interventionism, which the U.S. continues to this day | The U.S. is less hesitant to join in wars, making future conflicts like WWII (if applicable in new timeline) shorter. |
| Federal government segregated | Likely never happened since Teddy Roosevelt was a Republican as opposed to the more pro-southern Democrat |
| Relationships soured with several emerging nations | United States seeks a different foreign policy that improve relations with emerging nations |