James Knox Polk was the 11th President of the United States. He was a Democrat from Tennessee. He was elected President of the United States and Henry Clay who represented the Whig party and who had previously lost to Andrew Jackson, a Federalist. Polk lived from 1795-1849. He married Sara Child...
On April 4th word reached Washington that American troops had been attacked by Mexican forces. ... A stitched flag, whose star and a grizzly bear's likeness, was raised on the public square in Sonoma. ... Some say he was under secret orders from Washington. ... It granted to the United States land that would later compromise the entire states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, as well as portions of Montana and Wyoming. ... over 500,000 square miles of territory, including all of the future states of California, Nevada, and Utah, almost all of New Mexico...
The war ended with American victory and a treaty that increased the nation's size by more than half a million square miles. ... "(Sonofthesouth) When Congress had adopted the joint resolution for the annexation of Texas to the United States, General Almonte, the Mexican minister at Washington, protested against the measure and demanded his passports. ...
When the annexation occurred, Mexico broke relations and withdrew its minster from Washington. ... Although the U.S. gained about 1.2 million square miles of land as well as having the Wilmot Proviso outlaw slavery other than where it already was, nearly 13,000 Americans lost their lives and the country invested around $100 billion into the war. ...
