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Presidency of James K. Polk

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America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 13 An Age of Expansionism 13.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Young America movement? A) a weak foreign policy B) territorial expansion C) economic expansion and growth D) technological progress E) a celebration of American virtue Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 306 [Factual] 2) One of the first to use the phrase "Young America" was A) Herman Melville. B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. C) Henry David Thoreau. D) Walt Whitman. E) Ralph Waldo Emerson. Answer: E Diff: 1 Page Ref: 306 [Factual] 3) In ________, Herman Melville produced a novel, original in form and conception, to fulfill the demand of Young Americans for a New Literature. A) Moby Dick

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? James Knox Polk POTUS Paper President James Knox Polk was an extremely influential figure in American history. Polk played a key role in the expansion of the United States with his brilliant tactics. Polk?s four point plan, Walker Tariff, and war with Mexico successfully helped the union expand and economically prosper. Polk?s four point plan consisted of four major ideas: passing a tariff that would be acceptable in the north and south, organizing the nation?s financial systems, settle the Oregon boundary, and acquiring California. This ingenious plan helped the nation expand and the tariff was a large source of revenue which organized the financial systems successfully. The plan was quite successful.

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Chapter 18 John Tyler ? Originally Democrat, ran as a Whig and shot down most Whig legislation. Refused to revive BUS and disapproved funding internal improvements, passed Tariff of 1842. Successfully annexed Texas James Polk ? Democrat, elected as president on Manifest Destiny platform, lowered protective tariff, revived independent treasury, acquired Oregon, seized California in Mexican War Caroline and Creole Incidents British force sink American ship Caroline British officials in the Bahamas offered asylum to 130 Virginia slaves who had rebelled and captured the American ship Creole Aroostook War ? Feuding of lumberjacks, small skirmishes on Maine?s claimed territory of the northern/eastern border that was also claimed by England.
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