JAMES K. POLK

• The 11th President of the United States.
• He was President during the Mexican- American war.
• Obtained a lot of land with the Treaty of Guadalupe.
• Expansionist
• Responsible for almost half of the 48 contiguous states today.

ANNEXATION OF TEXAS

• Part of one of the greatest territorial expansions of all time.
• The idea of annexation was popular in the south but not in the north.
• Treaty to annex Texas was submitted on April 22, 1844
• The fear was that annexation of Texas would bring war with Mexico.
• October 2, 1835-April 21, 1836

THE ALAMO

• Aka the Mexican/ American war
• February 23, 1836
• 13- day long battle
• 13,000 dead for America
• 25,000 dead for Mexico

ZACHERY TAYLOR

WINFIELD SCOTT

JAMES K. POLK

STEPHEN KEARNY

ROBERT E. LEE

ULYSES S. GRANT

JOHN C. FREMONT

TERRITORIES GAINED

• Texas
• California
• Nevada
• Utah
• Arizona

TREATY OF GUADALUPE-HIDALGO

• Brought an official end to the Mexican-American war.
• Signed on February 2, 1848
• Mexico's army was defeated and the capitol fell.
• Because of this, Mexico surrendered to America.
• This Treaty ended the war.

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