https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau Presidential Powers Presentation en-us 2017-02-21 14:56:56 UTC 2017-03-13 18:17:42 UTC hello@padlet.com cody_mooney https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/155477489 -Reduced tariffs
-Created Independent U.S. Treasury

http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/james-polk]]> 2017-02-22 15:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/155477489 morgan_skyles https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/155477603 President Polk was an expansionist and wanted to expand the United States from coast to coast. His policy was to annex Texas from Mexico and to also attain the Oregon Territory and put to rest the dispute over the 54th parallel by compromising with the British and acquiring the Oregon Territory up to the 49th parallel. While some viewed Polk’s compromise as weak, Polk wanted to avoid war with the British.

http://thehistoryjunkie.com/james-k-polk-fact/]]> 2017-02-22 15:24:39 UTC https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/155477603 cody_mooney https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/155480082 Was often called the first "Dark Horse" president because he was not well known outside of politics]]> 2017-02-22 15:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/155480082 morgan_skyles https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/155485131 James Polk was a man of his word. He promised to only serve one four year term, and managed to accomplish more in that four year term than most of the Presidents in United States history that served for eight years.

http://thehistoryjunkie.com/james-k-polk-fact/]]> 2017-02-22 15:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/155485131 morgan_skyles https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/156019260 -Most widely known for his expansion of United States territory. He added Wisconsin, Texas, and secured land in the West. The country grew more than a MILLION square miles.

]]> 2017-02-24 14:08:04 UTC https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/156019260 cody_mooney https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/156020356 -Polk ran the country during the Mexican-American War and led the nation to a dominating victory over Mexico to establish the Rio Grande as the boundary. 
-The treaty signed by both countries also gave Polk Texas and Mexico's north territory for $15 million.

http://www.history.com/topics/mexican-american-war]]> 2017-02-24 14:11:07 UTC https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/156020356 morgan_skyles https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/156024658 As president, he reflected the then-prevalent American belief in manifest destiny, the idea that the United States had a natural right to control all the territory between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He was also a firm believer in the strictest interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine, which barred interference in the western hemisphere by European powers. Because he secured territorial growth, Polk is considered one of the most important of the American presidents.
http://www.knowsouthernhistory.net/Biographies/James_Polk/]]> 2017-02-24 14:22:51 UTC https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/156024658 morgan_skyles https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/156028700 2017-02-24 14:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/156028700 morgan_skyles https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/156035888 WALKER TARIFF
The Walker Tariff moved rates downward towards revenue-only levels and dropped the policy of an ad valorem rate (a percent of the value of the goods) in favor of a set rate regardless of the value. A few commodities were listed as duty-free.]]> 2017-02-24 14:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/156035888 morgan_skyles https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/156037079 2017-02-24 14:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/156037079 morgan_skyles https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/156703346 Polk was able to link the Texas issue, popular in the South, with the Oregon question, attractive to the North. Polk also favored acquiring California.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/jamespolk]]> 2017-02-28 13:40:56 UTC https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/156703346 cody_mooney https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/158331284 This guy had polio and couldn't even stand

He hid his disability from the public and people didn't know about it for years]]> 2017-03-07 14:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/158331284 cody_mooney https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/158332147 Mandated that farmers slaughter livestock and burn crops to raise prices...during the Great Depression]]> 2017-03-07 14:01:47 UTC https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/158332147 cody_mooney https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/158332895 -Court Packing
 For Every Supreme Court Judge over 70, FDR could appoint another judge/justice

After Congress rejected the plan, FDR started campaigning against his own party]]> 2017-03-07 14:03:50 UTC https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/158332895 cody_mooney https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/158334353 After Pearl Harbor, FDR signed an executive order that forced 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry (2/3 of which were American citizens) into internment camps

Congress issued an apology a few decades later and gave $20,000 to each surviving detainee]]> 2017-03-07 14:07:25 UTC https://padlet.com/morgan_skyles/q9uw2yvdzjau/wish/158334353