Title: A country of vast designs
Description: Merry examines how, in a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America's Manifest Destiny by expanding its territory across the continent.
Subjects: Politics and government, Presidents, Territorial expansion, Biography, History, Polk, james k. (james knox), 1795-1849, United states, politics and government, 1815-1861, United states, territorial expansion, Mexican war, 1846-1848
Places: United States
People: James K. Polk (1795-1849)
Time periods: 1845-1849, 19th century