The metal ticket appears
When the first Civil War ended, some Northerners, the
"Reconstructionists," wanted to reconcile with the South,
but another group of Northerners called the "Iron Handers"
argued that the South should be placed under martial law, and it was
this view that prevailed. The most influential "Iron
Hander" was Lieutenant James Carren, who claimed to have seen a
vision from the future telling him that putting the South under
martial law was the only way to save America from future tyranny.
After a few years under military rule, with harsh taxes and no say in
the government, the South revolted. The initial rebellion was quickly
put down, but it grew into a long guerilla war."
You flip through the textbook to see if anything else has changed, but
the only other Civil War II reference you find is an exercise where
you have to write an essay comparing it to Vietnam. "That's a
relief," you think. When you get home you look at the newspapers
and see that conservative Republicans are still in
power.
You grab the metal ticket and return to your own time. The next day,
you are studying history in school and the teacher starts to talk
about Civil War II. You read in the textbook:
