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President James K. Polk is shown at the beginning and end of this video. Who is that you ask? The 11th U.S. president, 1845–1849, best known for dramatically expanding the territory of the United States and for being one of the few presidents who set clear goals and achieved all of them in a single term:
👉Fiscally, Polk :
Re-established the Independent Treasury System
Promoted trade
Opposed a national bank
👉Territory:
-Annexation of Texas
-Oregon Territory settlement with Britain
-Mexican Cession after the Mexican–American War, giving the U.S.:
California
Nevada
Utah
Most of Arizona and New Mexico
Parts of Colorado and Wyoming
This expansion fulfilled the idea of Manifest Destiny—the belief that the U.S. was destined to span the continent.
👉Bottom Line
James K. Polk is known as:
The most expansionist president in U.S. history
A highly effective leader
A president who reshaped the map of the United States more than almost any other