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November 2, 1795
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January 1, 1824, to Sarah Childress, Sarah Polk became the 11th First Lady of the United States She was lively, charming, intelligent, and a good conversationalist. from 1845 to 1849
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George M. Dallas- elected with President James K. Polk. Dallas also served as the Mayor of Philadelphia from 1828–29.
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1.An experienced speaker, Polk surprised everyone when he campaigned vigorously and won the presidency on November 5, 1844.
2. He was called a "dark horse" candidate because he was not expected to beat his opponent,
3.Henry Clay of the Whig Party, to become the 11th president of the United States. -
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March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849
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Democrats replied Polk was the candidate who stood for expansion. inuring his election campaign Polk had stated his opposition to protective tariffs but not to tariffs that might in some way provide protection for certain goods by making imports unaffordable. But at what point does a tariff rate on any given item become protective?
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having met during his four years in office every major domestic and foreign policy goal set during his campaign and the transition to his administration: When Mexico rejected American annexation of Texas, Polk led the nation to a sweeping victory in the Mexican–American War April 25, 1846
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848( Ended the Mexican War; under its terms Mexico gave up all claims to Texas north of the Rio Grande and ceded California, the Utah and New Mexico territories. Also paid Mexico fifteen million dollars for the lands
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triumphs- Promoted the policies of Manifest Destiny, including negotiating possession of the Oregon Territory from the British and buying California and New Mexico from Mexico after the Mexican-American War
Tragedies- James K polk was provoking conflict between Texas And Mexico April 25, 1846 -
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California and much of the present-day Southwest. Polk kept his campaign promise to be a one-term president and did not seek reelection. Soon after leaving the White House, he died at age 53
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- kept his campaign promise to be a one-term president and did not seek reelection 2.president Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in September 22 marks the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, in which he declared that as of January 1, 1863, all slaves in states in rebellion against the Union "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free."
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