MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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he annexed Texas
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he gained the Mexican Cession after war
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he settled the Oregon country with a treaty
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -President James Polk did not invent the term Manifest Destiny, but this concept that the United States was superior to Mexico and the Native Americans certainly rationalized his actions. Polk was backed by many in the United States who believed they had the God-given right to rule the territories to the west.
Detailed explanation-2: -James Polk as President He was a champion of manifest destiny–the belief that the United States was fated to expand across the North American continent–and by the end of his four years in office, the nation extended, for the first time, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Detailed explanation-3: -US President James K. Polk (1845-1849) is the leader most associated with Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny inflamed sectional tensions over slavery, which ultimately led to the Civil War.