[DOC] [TLE] Why Did President Polk Want War with Mexico? | Teachinghistory.org [PAR] In a diary entry recorded later in 1845, Polk, a Jacksonian Democrat, identified ... 
for American expansion," others have posited that many Americans imbued with 
the ... Concurrently, the administration-controlled newspaper, the Washington ... 
John H. Schroeder, Mr. Polk's War: American Opposition and Dissent, 1846-1848
... [DOC] [TLE] MexicanAmerican War - Wikipedia [PAR] The MexicanAmerican War, also known as the Mexican War, the U.S.Mexican 
War or the Invasion of Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States 
of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848. It followed in the 
wake of the 1845 US annexation of Texas, which Mexico ... The 1845 expansion 
of US territory with its annexation of Texas escalated... [DOC] [TLE] The U.S.-Mexican War . Prelude to War . James K. Polk and the ... [PAR] War (1846 - 1848)  Aftermath  Biographies  Timeline Map  For Educators  Site 
... So Polk was taking a considerable risk in his bold stand toward Mexico. ... The 
Texans, like most American westerners, wanted to expand, and several years... [DOC] [TLE] The U.S.-Mexican War . Resources . Video Clip Library | PBS [PAR] The videos below require the RealPlayer plug-in. This video library includes 24 
short clips from the PBS/KERA documentary The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848)
. ... enthusiastically expanding into the modern world, while Mexico looks back in 
time to its historical ... President Polk signs a declaration of war against Mexico. [DOC] [TLE] The History Guy: The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848) [PAR] Jun 25, 2015 ... The Mexican-American War was the first major conflict driven by the idea of ... 
First, the desire of the U.S. to expand across the North American continent to the 
... By the time President Polk came to office in 1845, an idea called "Manifest ... It 
became apparent to the Polk Administration that only a complete... [DOC] [TLE] The United States-Mexican War, 1846-1848 - Peace History [PAR] U.S. military forces remained in Mexico from May 1846 until July 1848. ... 
legislature passed a resolution denouncing the war as a gigantic crime waged 
against a .... The other, from the Polk administration's desire to acquire Mexico's 
northern .... to be free from Mexican rule and a desire to establish and expand 
slavery in a... [DOC] [TLE] The Occupation of Mexico, May 1846-July 1848 - U.S. Army [PAR] May 23, 2006 ... The Mexican War (1846-1848) was the U.S. Army's first experience waging an 
extended conflict in a foreign land. ... between advocates for the expansion of 
slavery and those who fought to prevent its spread. ..... war. The Polk 
administration expected this handful of soldiers-less than 0.4 percent of the total... [DOC] [TLE] James K. Polk: Life in BriefMiller Center [PAR] Under James Knox Polk, the United States grew by more than a million ... and in 
the process successfully waged war against Mexico, obtaining for the ... He failed 
to understand the depth of popular emotion over the westward expansion of the 
... After a clash in late April 1846 between American and Mexican troops in the... [DOC] [TLE] The Mexican American War - Essential Civil War Curriculum [PAR] Territories obtained in the Mexican American War of 1848 caused further 
sectional strife over the expansion of slavery in the ante bellum period. ... In 
January 1846 the president ordered General Zachary Taylor's forces, which had 
... who were dismayed by what they considered to be a southern tilt in the Polk 
administration. [DOC] [TLE] Mexican-American War - Conservapedia [PAR] Jul 27, 2016 ... The Mexican-American War or Mexican War, (known in Mexico as La ... The 
election of 1844 of President James K. Polk, a Democrat who believed in 
expansion, set in ... With the Mexican army being used primarily to wage political 
battles for ... In 1846 alone the presidency changed hands 4 times, the war... [DOC] [TLE] James K. Polk (1795-1849) - North Carolina History Project [PAR] James K. Polk was

Question: During Polk's administration, the U.S. waged this war of expansion from 1846 to 1848
Answer: Mexican-American War