Beginning where the events of Volume I left off, An Alternate History of the United States: Volume II, continues the alternate history saga of the American nation as it plunges into another civil war, which will determine the fate of the strife-stricken nation as it advances into the 20th century. In the aftermath of war, more unrest will plague the war-torn nation as it struggles to deal with its new identity and prepares for an ultimate showdown between two superpowers on both sides of the Atlantic, eager to deliver the final death-knell to the fledgling American Republic.