A Study On "Mr. Polk's War"

So far, there have been 44 presidents in the United States. As the highest exercisers of those powers, the presidents influence the country the most in a personal way, especially those strong presidents. The United States has excellent geographical conditions; there were fewer wars in the early history of the United States than the other countries. In 1940s, the expansionism was popular in the United States. Under such circumstances, the Democrat James K. Polk held high the banner of the expansionism and came into the White House. Soon he provoked a war between the U.S. and Mexico, that is, the US-Mexican War (also known as the "Mr. Polk's War").This article is divided into three chapters.The first chapter is some experiences about Polk. Mainly on the experiences of Polk's early years, the general election in 1844, as well as Polk completed on three targets. In the general election in 1844, the Polk was fully aware that the expansion was the main theme of the United States. Picking up the banner of expansionism, advocating annexation of Texas and the occupation of Oregon, Polk defeated Martin Van Buren, one of the leaders in Democratic Party and the Whig leader Henry Clay down, and became the 11th president of the United States. Polk's victory appeared to be full of chance.The second chapter is on "Mr. Polk's War." The chapter focuses on the irreplaceable role Polk in the US-Mexican war. I discuss it in the order of war itself. The annexation of Texas, Polk did it with a signature and Texas became a state of the U.S.; followed Polk's order, General Zachary Taylor led his army into the disputed area, this caused the Mexican army attacked American army first, Polk successfully provoked a war; according to the deployment, U.S. troops quickly occupied the region in northern Mexico—California and New Mexico areas; after the U.S. army captured the Mexican capital, Polk was not carried away by a huge victory, he decided to sign with Mexico the "Guadalupe - Hidalgo treaty "and the war was over. The third chapter is about "anti-'Mr. Polk's War'". This chapter focuses on the historical inevitability of the US-Mexican war. First, several decades after the founding the United States, the population and the economy grew quickly, but the United States also had serious social problems, the resolution of these problems needed the expansion; Second, the "manifest destiny" theory was introduced in the United States as an ideological preparation of a war to Mexican; third, Europe was also coveted by the weakness of Mexico, it was a great threat to America's "isolationist" and the maintenance of "isolationism," the United States with the enough strength would not turn a blind eye; Finally, the war was not only a desire of Polk himself but more welcome in Mexico.