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How did James K!. Polk fulfill america's Manifest destiny!?

was he the one that got the Louisiana purchase!? thats my guess but i am not sure of the right answer!.!.!. help!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
No Jefferson in 1803 did the Louisiana Purchase!. President Polk led the Mexican American War, and concluded a treaty with Great Britain for Oregon Territory ("Fifty Four-Forty or Fight" translated to 49th parallel and peace)!.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican–American War gave the US a big chunk of the Southwest!.

However:
Polk was a slaveholder for his entire life!. His father, Samuel Polk, had left Polk more than 8,000 acres (32 km2) of land, and divided about 53 slaves to his widow and children after Samuel died!. James inherited twenty of his father's slaves, either directly or from deceased brothers!. In 1831, he became an absentee cotton planter, sending slaves to clear plantation land that his father had left him near Somerville, Tennessee!. Forty years later Polk sold his Somerville plantation and, together with his brother-in-law, bought 920 acres (3!.7 km2) of land, a cotton plantation near Coffeeville, Mississippi!. He ran this plantation for the rest of his life, eventually taking it over completely from his brother-in-law!. Polk rarely sold slaves, although once he became President and could better afford it, he bought more!.Www@QuestionHome@Com