https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve Harry Cossyphas Period 3 en-us 2021-05-25 14:35:43 UTC 2023-03-15 17:23:58 UTC hello@padlet.com harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1557854396 2021-05-25 14:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1557854396 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1557917116 2021-05-25 14:52:53 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1557917116 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1557917860 2021-05-25 14:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1557917860 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1557922248 James K. Polk was a huge fan of adding territory to the United States of America. ]]> 2021-05-25 14:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1557922248 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1557933600 He gained the land of modern day Oregon to get the support of the North and he added modern day Texas to gain support from the southerners. ]]> 2021-05-25 14:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1557933600 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1557992379 The country wanted to add California to the Union because it would allow for a much easier trade route with Asia. ]]> 2021-05-25 15:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1557992379 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565351106 James K. Polk won the election because he made a compromise between the north and the south by promising to give each of them more territory.]]> 2021-05-27 14:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565351106 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565360093 In 1845 Texas was added to the Union which lead to a lot of agriculture. ]]> 2021-05-27 14:40:44 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565360093 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565367828 After Polk was elected he passed a resolution through Congress to annex Texas.]]> 2021-05-27 14:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565367828 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565377255 The Democrats had a campaign slogan called fifty four forty or fight. This means that the British would have to give the territory of Oregon or they would have to fight again]]> 2021-05-27 14:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565377255 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565399044 Many Americans wanted to add California to the union because of its vast resources and land. ]]> 2021-05-27 14:50:39 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565399044 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565410011 James K. Polk wanted all of California and New Mexico for the U.S.]]> 2021-05-27 14:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565410011 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565418446 American and Mexican leaders disagreed on the territory of Texas and where the border was. They also disagreed on who got the land closer to the Gulf of Mexico and who could control the ports there for more trading. ]]> 2021-05-27 14:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565418446 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565449248 Polk offered 30 million dollars for the territory of New Mexico and California. He also asked for the border to be Rio Grande between Texas and Mexico. ]]> 2021-05-27 15:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565449248 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565484533 When Mexico attacked the American troops invading Mexican land Polk said that there was blood on American soil and saw this as an excuse to begin a war with Mexico. ]]> 2021-05-27 15:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565484533 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565502528 Americans kicked out the Mexicans in California and made profit when trading on the Pacific coast. While many Americans supported this uprising many didn't.]]> 2021-05-27 15:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565502528 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565823839 When American warships came to the ports they took all the money and began trading out of the Californian ports. ]]> 2021-05-27 16:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565823839 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565852279 Polk's 3 step plan had worked and the United States had gotten 500,000 square miles out of the conflict. ]]> 2021-05-27 16:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565852279 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565862151 After the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo the U.S. had gained the land of California, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and Nevada. With tons of new land people were making a lot more money.]]> 2021-05-27 16:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565862151 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565872380 Before Polk was elected John Tyler from the Whig party was elected. When Polk was elected he ran and defeated his rival Henry Clay also from the Whig party. ]]> 2021-05-27 16:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565872380 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565887827 After Polk finished his only term, Zachary Taylor was elected who was another Whig party member. You could say this was the Whig era since so most candidates who won the elections were Whigs. ]]> 2021-05-27 16:52:51 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1565887827 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1569028665 Polk wanted to reduce tariffs on imports and exports. ]]> 2021-05-28 16:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1569028665 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1569036621 Polk reestablished the ITS or the Independent Treasury System which was previously abolished by the Whigs. ]]> 2021-05-28 16:36:12 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1569036621 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1569285219 By the end of Polk's presidency he added 1/3 of the total size of the Continental U.S. And this was all in 1 term!]]> 2021-05-28 17:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1569285219 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1576463375 When Polk asked congress if he could annex Texas there was discussion in the north because this would mean more slaves and more power for the southerners. ]]> 2021-06-01 14:34:54 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1576463375 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1576476565 People voted for Polk over Henry Clay because unlike Clay, Polk didn't support removing Native Americans from native lands.]]> 2021-06-01 14:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1576476565 harry2008 https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1576489574 Henry Clay was James Knox Polk's biggest
competitor in the election of 1844. He was a Whig and Polk was a Democrat.]]> 2021-06-01 14:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/harry2008/z0nvp4ld5h04c5ve/wish/1576489574