MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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Question
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This party favored annexation and slavery. It was a strong party in Texas.
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Democratic
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Whig
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Know-Nothing
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Republican
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Democratic Party was by then unequivocally committed to Texas annexation, and Tyler, assured by Polk’s envoys that as president he would effect Texas annexation, urged his supporters to vote Democratic.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Annexation of Texas, the Mexican-American War, and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1845–1848. During his tenure, U.S. President James K. Polk oversaw the greatest territorial expansion of the United States to date.
Detailed explanation-3: -As early as 1836, Texans had voted for annexation by the United States, but the proposition was rejected by the Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren administrations.
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