Similar words: polka, polka dot, james polk, james k. polk, yolk, folk, folks, folkway. Meaning: n. 11th President of the United States; his expansionism led to the Mexican War and the annexation of California and much of the southwest (1795-1849).
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31. President Polk ordered General Zachary Taylor to take an army into the disputed region, and in April 1846, one of Taylor's patrols was attacked by Mexican troops.
32. President Polk said he thought the United States had strong claims to all of the territory.
33. People had made false claims before that they had discovered gold, so it wasn't until December of 1848, when President James Polk backed up the discovery, that the Gold Rush began.
34. American President James Polk felt that the use of force was the only way to make Mexico negotiate.
35. Sedated only by brandy, 11th president of the United States James Polk survived gall bladder surgery at the age of 17.
36. 1848 - California gold rush: In a message before the U.S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.
37. General Taylor quickly sent a message to President Polk in Washington. It said war had begun.
38. How did Polk avoid war with Britain in order to acquire the Oregon Territory?
39. There's a lot of polk salad and quicksand and other things.
40. In 1846 President Polk agreed to a compromise dividing the region at the parallel.
41. They went out, and he walked with her far out south toward Polk Street, talking.
42. And so, one of the party leaders, George Bancroft, proposed the name of James Knox Polk.
43. Nor has anyone compared Lincoln's batting average in clemency cases to that of, say, wartime presidents like James K. Polk, Woodrow Wilson or Franklin D. Roosevelt.
44. In 1846 President Polk agreed to a compromise dividing the region at the 49th parallel.
45. American President James Polk felt that the use of force was the only way to make Mexico negotiate. So, in the spring of eighteen forty-six[sentence dictionary], he ordered American soldiers to the Rio Grande River.
46. What happened when Polk initially tried to acquire California and New Mexico?
47. Some twenty - two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles.
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