Confederate States (Quebec Independence)

New Nation
The new nation, now finally free, had to deal with rebuilding the wartorn northern states that had campaigned on for four years. Confederate leaders had also learned the importance of railroads, telegrams, mines, and factories that had nearly propelled the Union into victory. With the aid of Great Britain, the infrastructure was of the south was rebuilt in the north and improved upon in the south. New railroads such as ones connecting Richmond to Atlanta and Columbia, as well as new telegram lines, connecting the nation together. However, the states were in charge of these operations, and not the government. In exchange for the help from Britain, a relunctant new president Alexander H. Stephens freed the slaves of the south. Even though they had been freed, equality would not be present for the blacks for a long time; they were still denied the right to vote, had curfews, and other laws were passed that restricted their freedom.

In 1874, Confederate president agreed with to a deal with Pacific president John McDougall to create a Transcontinental Railroad between the two nations, much to the chagrin of the north. Fueled by cheap black labor, the railway was completed in 1881. Goods could easily pass through the two nations, powering the economy. New factories, mines, schools, and railways were built. In 1885, the United States and the Confederacy would once again go to war. The Confederates would defeat the inital American invasion and turned the war around, driving toward Washington. Although the Confederate advance was defeated at Annapolis, the Union was forced to sue for peace. Another Confederate victory ensured that the Confederacy was forever free and the north could not hope to retake it.

Progressive Era and World War I
Even though it experienced slow population growth and immigration between the War of 1885 and World War I, the industrialization the south experienced was on the backs of uneducated white workers, women and children, and blacks. Populations shifted to cities, where many found employment in new the factories and textile mills, to produce rifles, rails, and equipment for farming. Cities like Birmingham, Dalls, and Atlanta experienced huge population booms. The oil business in Texas, Arkansas, and in the Gulf of Mexico led to economic expansion. Workers rights' were not existent, as bosses could easily place an angry worker with hundreds waiting for jobs, while state governments were hostile to industry and business.

Wealthy plantation owners dominated Confederate politics, with many refusing to redistrict to show that populations have switched to cities. Sharecropping and tenant farming were widespread across the south. This led to a cycle of poverty among lower class workers, and were unable to move up in life and lived in deplorable living conditions. Movements attempting to raise concern for these problems were destroyed by the plantation owners, who responded with violence and fear tactics.