James K. Polk by Frank J. Williams | Audiobook

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Listen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial : https://esound.space/audible Title: James K. Polk Author: Frank J. Williams Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Length: 18 mins Language: English Release date: 10-19-16 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: History, American Summary: James K. Polk, who believed it was the nations Manifest Destiny to expand its boundaries and rebuild western lands in its own image, swiftly led America into war with Mexico. Polk claimed that Mexican forces had killed American soldiers on American soil, yet this claim was viewed with skepticism by members of Congress, including Representative Abraham Lincoln. Whether Polk had usurped Congresss power under the Constitution was a question that would stamp his presidency with a lingering question mark. Yet under Polks leadership, the country grew by more than a third (more than one million square miles) and was for the first time bounded by two oceans. Polk thus set out to use his constitutional powers to become an expansionist president and accomplished that goal. Contact: [email protected]

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