THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
MISSOURI COMPROMISE OF 1820
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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James K. Polk
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Martin Van Buren
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Democrat James K. Polk defeated Whig Henry Clay in a close contest turning on the controversial issues of slavery and the annexation of the Republic of Texas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Democrats replied Polk was the candidate who stood for expansion. He linked the Texas issue, popular in the South, with the Oregon question, attractive to the North. Polk also favored acquiring California. Even before he could take office, Congress passed a joint resolution offering annexation to Texas.
Detailed explanation-3: -On November 5, 1844, Democratic candidate James K. Polk defeated Whig Party candidate Henry Clay to become the eleventh president of the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -Polk supported immediate annexation of Texas because he argued it was originally part of the Louisiana Purchase but was unjustly lost with the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819. Polk ran on an expansionist platform where his main promises consisted of the annexation of Texas and the Oregon Territory.
Detailed explanation-5: -James Knox Polk was the 11th president of the United States of America (1845-1849). As President he oversaw the largest territorial expansion in American history-over a million square miles of land-acquired through a treaty with England and war with Mexico.