How the United States might answer Canadian battlecruisers

Could a separate battlecruiser category lead the United States to redesign the Constellation class with better armor?

Canadian battlecruisers could encourage earlier American construction. A Hood-like redesign is proposed by the audience, but its adoption is not established.

Canadian battlecruisers could prompt the United States to build more battlecruisers earlier. A Canadian pair would give American planners a reason to reconsider the timing of their own construction. The audience proposes a better-armored design resembling Hood and calls the American design the Constellation class. That redesign remains the audience's suggestion; the response supports earlier construction without settling the ships' armor or detailed design.