USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Polk’s presidency, foreign policy revolved around the U.S. desire for additional territory in North America. Even before the Revolutionary War, Americans had looked westward, and in the early years of the republic the United States had expanded its borders toward and then beyond the Mississippi River.

Detailed explanation-2: -Under Polk, Manifest Destiny was put into action with the annexation of the nominally independent Texas and the ceding from Mexico of parts of nine states.

Detailed explanation-3: -Polk’s presidency in fulfillment of Manifest Destiny including the Texas annexation and Oregon. James K. Polk became the eleventh President of the United States after winning a close election in 1844. Once in office, Polk added to the nation’s western lands by annexing Texas and part of Oregon.

Detailed explanation-4: -Contents. Manifest Destiny, a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined-by God, its advocates believed-to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.