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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | president in march 1845. wanted to settle oregon boundary dispute with britain. wanted to aquire california. wanted to incorperate texas into union. | 6 sets | |
| 2 | 11th president, led us to war with mexico | 6 sets | |
| 3 | 0 | 5 sets | |
| 4 | president at the time mexican/american war | 3 sets | |
| 5 | elected president in 1844; gained wa, or, ca, nv, tx, nm, az, and nv for the us | 3 sets | |
| 6 | strong supporter of annexation, first dark horse to win election of his party, 1825-1839, rep. of tennessee in house of reps. accepted texas as state in feb. 1845, set oregon boundary to the 49th parallel | 2 sets | |
| 7 | president of united states who had territorial aspirations, leading to conflict with mexico, resulting in a war. | 2 sets | |
| 8 | eleventh president of the us, famous for leading the mexican-american war. | 2 sets | |
| 9 | president in 1844 | 1 set | |
| 10 | keyed the term manifest destiny | 1 set | |
| 11 | democratic nomonie; won presidency; entered with clear set of goals | 1 set | |
| 12 | president of the united states during the us and mexico war | 1 set | |
| 13 | president during the mexican american war | 1 set | |
| 14 | president who wanted lower tariffs, independent treasury, california, and border resolution in oregan territory | 1 set | |
| 15 | was president at the time. he sent zachary taylor down to the rio grande to establish a safe border | 1 set | |
| 16 | u.s. president | 1 set | |
| 17 | dark-horse predidential winner in 1844 who effectively carried out ambitious expansionist campaign. | 1 set | |
| 18 | 11th president, led us to war with mexico, promised to annex not only texas but also oregon and he vozed to but california from mexico | 1 set | |
| 19 | a president who viewed the mexican war as a chance for the united states to expand its territories | 1 set | |
| 20 | president who believed in manifest destiny | 1 set | |
| 21 | elects president in 1844 he is an expansionist | 1 set | |
| 22 | the 11th u.s. president, he led the country during the mexican war and sought to expand the united states | 1 set | |
| 23 | 1844. annexation of texas. border dispute with mexico. slavery issue. | 1 set | |
| 24 | used the slogan for his persidential campaign '54,40 or fight" | 1 set | |
| 25 | he was the 9th president of the u.s.a who declared war on mexico. | 1 set | |
| 26 | democratic president, decalerd oregon in the usa "54 40 or fight". also annexed texas | 1 set | |
| 27 | president during time wanted us to extend to pacific ocean | 1 set | |
| 28 | usa president that helped bring texas into the usa | 1 set | |
| 29 | 1846 - war with mexico | 1 set | |
| 30 | democratic party, though usa should own the entire peice all the way up to alaska.wanted to annex texas clone star republic. | 1 set | |
| 31 | 1845-1849 | 1 set | |
| 32 | george dallas | 1 set | |
| 33 | won the presidential election of 1844 he called for the annexation of both texas and oregon | 1 set | |
| 34 | president us declaration for war | 1 set | |
| 35 | president in march 1845. wanted to settle oregon boundary dispute with britain. wanted to aquire california. wanted to incorperate texas into union.reduce tarriff, reastablish independent treasury system. | 1 set | |
| 36 | 11th president of the us | 1 set | |
| 37 | 54 40 or fight, and mexican war | 1 set | |
| 38 | he won democratic support over van buren in the election of 1844. he had represented tennessee in the house of representatives for fourteen years, four of them as speaker. | 1 set | |
| 39 | first dark horse candidate to be nominated for president | 1 set | |
| 40 | in the election of 1844, polk beat van buren's democratic nomination. polk ended up winning the election. | 1 set | |