James K. Polk House I chose the James K. Polk home just due to the fact it was one of closest locations to us. James was the 11th President of the United States. He was born on November 2‚ 1795 and passed away on June 15‚ 1849. James was often referred to as the first “dark horse” President. “James K. Polk was the last of the Jacksonians to sit in the White House‚ and the last strong President until the Civil War.” (whitehouse.gov) James was born in Mecklenburg County‚ North Carolina‚ in 1795
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James K. Polk James K. Polk was born on a family farm in North Carolina on November 2nd 1795. When he was ten he and his family traveled by wagon to the western area of Tennessee to create a plantation‚ where they did very well. They were stable financially and had thousands of acres and over fifty slaves. James Polk was homeschooled and when he finished‚ he turned to his family farm for work. At age twenty Polk decided to continue his education at the University of North Carolina. He graduated
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The Life and Presidency of James K. Polk 1. Childhood and Family James Knox Polk was born near the Little Sugar Creek in Mecklenburg County‚ North Carolina in 1795. His childhood was tumultuous and unconventional‚ and several events and themes in his childhood undoubtedly helped shape the powerful personality of the future president. One thing is certain‚ however- his early life was highly influential in his political beliefs; they initially mirrored that of his family‚ but then matured into
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but were simply going to let it play out. For the government‚ on the other hand‚ it was a set target they were trying to achieve. In 1844 James K. Polk was elected for President. He was the kind of man who did not wait for opportunities to come by‚ he created opportunities and took them. The idea of Manifest Destiny soon became government policy and Polk made it a mission to accomplish during his term. In 1846 President
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Rachel Chow 1 January 2011 A REVIEW OF JAMES K. POLK AND THE EXPANSIONIST IMPULSE James Knox Polk‚ a candidate of the Democratic Party in 1844‚ became the US president between 1845 and1849; however‚ he remains largely forgotten today‚ in the popular US imagination‚ because memories concerning his presidency had been overcome by memories of the most famous presidents like Abraham Lincoln. Remembrance of Polk as the 11th U.S president can be more despised than loved by many
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President James K. Polk Evaluation James K. Polk was involved in politics for much of his life‚ but he probably wouldn’t have predicted that he would become the 11th president of the United States. Polk was the leading contender of the Democratic nomination for vice president when he was nominated to run for president. Much of his popularity can be attributed to his desire to expand the territory controlled by the U.S.. Polk was not well known at the time‚ and when he became the president he was
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James K. Polk was the president of the United States of America during the Mexican-American War. Congress agreed upon James K. Polk declaring war on Mexico. The war was fought over the possession of Texas. In 1836 Texas won their independence from Mexico. The United States of America wanted to annex Texas then‚ but did not because they wanted to avoid a war with Mexico. President Polk supported the annexation of Texas‚ regardless of the war that it could potentially start. Therefore‚ with James K
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The presidency of James Knox Polk was a memorable one. He was known as America’s first dark horse candidate‚ and later he was called the only strong commander in chief between Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln (Greenstein 14). Yet‚ many historians still write him off but he was by no means insignificant. Now‚ he may have not been as charismatic as Roosevelt or Reagan but charisma does not mean greatness. Polk was without questions one of the most ambitious and successful presidents in history. In
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James Polk who was president at the time pushed for us to get land from the Mexicans. When Polk sent someone to offer 25 million max to buy it they refused‚ so he later sent troops under Zachary Taylor to the disputed border of Texas and Mexico. The Mexicans were angered by this and fighting broke out which led Polk to declare war on Mexico. All of the fighting could have been prevented had James Polk and his need of Manifest Destiny taken over. Most Americans supported the war but some in the north
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“President Polk as a Southern Sectionalist” in A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents‚ 1837-1861. Edited by Joel Silbey (Malden‚ MA: Wiley-Blackwell‚ Forthcoming 2012) James Knox Polk was a slave-owning Tennessee Democrat who devoted his private life to profit from plantation slavery and his public career to his party and his section. He was‚ in short‚ a fierce Southern partisan. Yet this reality has been masked by generations of shallow scholarship or outright Southern apologetics. Biographies
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