Ap World History Dbq Summary
IX. Polk the Purposeful
Polk laid out a 4-point mission for himself and the nation (then achieved all 4 points in 4 years)
Lower the tariff
Restore the independent treasury (put U.S. money into non-government banks)
Clear up the Oregon border issue
Get California
One of Polk’s acts was to lower the tariff, and his secretary of the treasury, Robert J. Walker, did so, lowering the tariff from 32% to 25% despite complaints by the industrialists.
Despite warnings of doom, the new tariff was followed by good times.
He also restored the independent treasury in 1846 and wanted to acquire California and settle the Oregon dispute.
Under Polk, the Oregon border issue was settled.
While the Democrats had promoted acquiring all of Oregon during …show more content…
XI. American Blood on American (?) Soil
A frustrated Polk now forced a showdown, and on Jan. 13, 1846, he ordered 4000 men under Zachary Taylor to march from the Nueces River to the Rio Grande, provocatively near Mexican troops.
As events would have it, on April 25, 1846, news of Mexican troops crossing the Rio Grande and killing of wounding 16 Americans came to
Washington, and Polk pushed for a declaration of war
A group of politicians, though, wanted to know where exactly was the spot of the fighting before committing to war; among them was
Abraham “Spotty” Lincoln because of his “Spot
Resolution.”
Pushed by Polk, Congress declared war, and so began the Mexican-American War.
XII. The Mastering of Mexico
Polk hoped that once American had beaten Mexico enough, he could get California and end the war, and the recently dethroned Santa Anna told the U.S. that if he could return to Mexico, he would take over the government, end the war, and give California to the U.S. He lied.
In the Southwest, U.S. operations led by Stephen W. Kearny (led
1700 troops from Leavenworth to Santa Fe) and John C. Fremont
Polk laid out a 4-point mission for himself and the nation (then achieved all 4 points in 4 years)
Lower the tariff
Restore the independent treasury (put U.S. money into non-government banks)
Clear up the Oregon border issue
Get California
One of Polk’s acts was to lower the tariff, and his secretary of the treasury, Robert J. Walker, did so, lowering the tariff from 32% to 25% despite complaints by the industrialists.
Despite warnings of doom, the new tariff was followed by good times.
He also restored the independent treasury in 1846 and wanted to acquire California and settle the Oregon dispute.
Under Polk, the Oregon border issue was settled.
While the Democrats had promoted acquiring all of Oregon during …show more content…
XI. American Blood on American (?) Soil
A frustrated Polk now forced a showdown, and on Jan. 13, 1846, he ordered 4000 men under Zachary Taylor to march from the Nueces River to the Rio Grande, provocatively near Mexican troops.
As events would have it, on April 25, 1846, news of Mexican troops crossing the Rio Grande and killing of wounding 16 Americans came to
Washington, and Polk pushed for a declaration of war
A group of politicians, though, wanted to know where exactly was the spot of the fighting before committing to war; among them was
Abraham “Spotty” Lincoln because of his “Spot
Resolution.”
Pushed by Polk, Congress declared war, and so began the Mexican-American War.
XII. The Mastering of Mexico
Polk hoped that once American had beaten Mexico enough, he could get California and end the war, and the recently dethroned Santa Anna told the U.S. that if he could return to Mexico, he would take over the government, end the war, and give California to the U.S. He lied.
In the Southwest, U.S. operations led by Stephen W. Kearny (led
1700 troops from Leavenworth to Santa Fe) and John C. Fremont