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James Polk was known for declaring war on Mexico in 1846. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended this war in 1848.

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The big events in Polk's time were the Mexican War and the resulting permanent annexation of Texas and California and the peaceful settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute.

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he announced that gold was in California right as the gold rush was going to start. this started a movement of thousands of people who are known as gold rush miners or forty- niners.

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The big event when Polk was president was the Mexican War , The Oregon boundary dispute was also settled by diplomacy without a war.

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he extended the nations boundaries

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