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James K. Polk – the 11th president of the United States – led the country to its greatest territorial expansion, stretching the U.S. from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. He also oversaw the successful, but controversial, Mexican-American War. James Knox Polk was born in rural North Carolina in 1795.
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James K. Polk. Born November 2, 1795 Pineville, North Carolina. Died June 15, 1849 Nashville, Tennessee. President of the United States. A lthough he maybe one of the least well-known of all U.S. presidents, James K. Polk is often rated as one of the most successful. He was a strong supporter of expansionism and " manifest destiny ."
By John C. Pinheiro. James K. Polk's Scots-Irish ancestors settled in the United States in the 1720s, first in Pennsylvania, and then moving to North Carolina and finally to Tennessee. Both his grandfathers had fought in the Revolutionary War. Born in 1795, James lived the first ten years of his life in rural North Carolina.
Remembering James K. Polk. June 15, 1849: Commemorating the death of our 11th president, who expanded our borders by more than a million square miles. Photo: James K. Polk birthplace in Pineville, NC. Under James Knox Polk, the United States added territory that now composes the states of Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Idaho ...
James K. Polk fue un expansionista declarado, comprometido con la adquisición de California y Nuevo México incluso a riesgo de una guerra con México. Polk adquirió el entonces territorio británico de Oregon (actualmente Oregon, Washington, e Idaho, con las partes de Wyoming y Montana) y negoció para que su frontera fuera situada a lo ...
Who was James K. Polk. Born in 1795, James Polk served 7 terms as a US Congressman, twice as Speaker of the House, the governor of Tennessee, and was the infamous Dark Horse candidate for president in 1844. Though he served one term (as a campaign promise), he oversaw the greatest expansion of US territory in United States history, the first US ...
Pres. James K. Polk oversaw a large territorial expansion of the United States. He advocated for annexation of Texas and aggressively prosecuted the resulting Mexican-American War, which added much of the Southwest and California to the country’s territory. In addition, he acquired the Oregon country through a treaty with Great Britain.
