If you want to blame anyone, blame President James K. Polk. During the Mexican-American War (1846-48), partisans of the "All Mexico" movement argued for the annexation of Mexico in its entirety as a ...

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Polk began with diplomacy – he initially attempted to buy California, New Mexico and land near Texas for $30 million. Though James K Polk did not coin the term manifest destiny, he do more to ...