History Main / SecondAmericanCivilWar

** In the other, FDR is defeated in the 1936 elections and his opponents ally with the Silver Legion to try solidify their power via voter intimidation and other shady practices. Seeing this as a sort of "soft coup", FDR and the progressive wings of the Democratic and Republican parties, calling themselves the Constitutionalists, start a civil war, while Douglas [=MacArthur=] assumes command of the Loyalist forces. If the Loyalists are victorious, [=MacArthur=] can retain power or the Loyalists can establish a new Confederacy under the rule of William Dudley Pelley, Charles Lindburgh, or if the Kaiser has been restored in Germany, an architect named Adam Hilt, who is very definitely not an exiled UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler in disguise. After which, the new far-right regime can [[AmericaTakesOverTheWorld attempt to leverage the vast American economy and population into world conquest.]]

Subtrope of DividedStatesOfAmerica, PossibleWar and CivilWar and can easily lead to many DifferentStatesOfAmerica tropes. Can set the stage for examples of RussiaCalledTheyWantAlaskaBack and MexicoCalledTheyWantTexasBack. May result from OppressiveStatesOfAmerica and may lead to FallenStatesOfAmerica.

* A second civil war happens at the climax of ''Literature/TheSecondRenaissance'', when the Southwestern states, backed by a now-powerful Mexico, attempt to break away from the United States.

A stock AlternateHistory scenario in which America falls to internal divisions and a second civil war ensues. A second civil war is useful for explaining a timeline having radical shifts in American governance, keeping them distracted from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, or otherwise explaining why [[AmericaSavesTheDay America isn't saving the day]]. While the South rising up for round 2 is a very common component of this, there are other scenarios, and the South is not always the only part of the country to rise up, or may not rise up at all, or may even be the seat of the Union for the sake of irony.

* The opening vignettes of ''Podcast/ItCouldHappenHere'' depict life in the United States during a multi-polar civil war between Secessionists, Christian Dominionists, Left-Wing Extremists, American Loyalists, and the crumbling remains of the federal government. The overall framing of the war is much less like the clashing armies of the First American Civil War and much more like the asymmetric "fourth-generation warfare" of the Syrian Civil War. The first season of the series goes on to explore what a [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 2024]] Second American Civil War might look like and what weapons and tactics might and might not be used in such a civil war.

* Creator/{{A24}} and Creator/AlexGarland's ''Film/CivilWar2024'' is "Second American Civil War: the feature film," with 19 states seceded along with California and Texas, who made their alliance together, and Florida just seceded themselves from the rest. It tells a point of view of journalists trying to reach the Capitol all while trying to navigate their family through the violence while attempting to report the truth — despite violent threats to journalists from the army.

--> Soldier: "Okay. What ''kind'' of Americans are you?