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A Country of Vast Designs

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 A Country of Vast Designs - The Presidency of James K. Polk [1844 to 1848]

one term president extended American territory across the continent by threatening war

with England and manufacturing a controversial and unpopular two-year war with Mexico.

 

 

 

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POLITICS  MAKES  GOOD  SLOGANS

TIPPECANOE AND TYLER TOO  Used by the Whig party in 1840, when William Henry Harrison, the hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe, was the Whig presidential candidate, and John Tyler his running mate. The battle, fought in 1811 in Indiana, destroyed the Indian confederacy organized by Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief, and his brother, Tenskwatawa, known as the Prophet  The interesting case of Tyler's grandkids

 

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54°40  OR FIGHT!!  A Democratic rallying cry in the 1844 presidential campaign, referring to the dispute over whether the United States or Great Britain owned the Pacific Northwest, which had been under joint control since 1818. American expansionists, led by the Democratic presidential candidate, James K. Polk, demanded that the United

 

 

 

 

In the United States presidential election of 1844 Democrat James K. Polk defeated Whig Henry Clay in a close contest that turned on the controversial issue of slavery expansion through the annexation of the Republic of Texas.

 

 

 

Polk the Purposeful - A Presidential Agenda; Inaugural Address

 


 

#1  California added as a state

 

#2  Oregon border dispute

 

#3  Independent treasury

 

#4  Lower Tariffs

 

 

 

 

 

 

In 1844, the Democrats were split
The three nominees for the presidential candidate
Were Martin Van Buren, a former president and an abolitionist
James Buchanan, a moderate
Louis Cass, a general and expansionist
From Nashville came a dark horse riding up
He was James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump

Austere, severe, he held few people dear
His oratory filled his foes with fear
The factions soon agreed
He's just the man we need
To bring about victory
Fulfill our manifest destiny
And annex the land the Mexicans command
And when the votes were cast the winner was
Mister James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump

In four short years he met his every goal
He seized the whole southwest from Mexico
Made sure the tarriffs fell
And made the English sell the Oregon territory
He built an independent treasury
Having done all this he sought no second term
But precious few have mourned the passing of
Mister James K. Polk, our eleventh president
Young Hickory, Napoleon of the Stump

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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