P.O.T.U.S.

        11.  James K. Polk, 1845-1849

    Original "dark horse" candidate
    Democrat
    VP - Dallas
    Major Items:

• Manifest Destiny
• Texas becomes a state, 1845
• Oregon boundary settled, 1846
• Mexican War, 1846-1848
• Treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo, 1848
• Gold discovered at Sutter's Mill 1848
• Compromise of 1850
• Wilmot Proviso

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