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title: "What did President James Polk do to gain additional U.S. territory, including California and New Mexico?"  
description: "What did President James Polk do to gain additional U.S. territory, including California and New Mexico?"  
author: "Torres mary"  
published: 2018-04-24  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41493/what-did-president-james-polk-do-to-gain-additional-u-s-territory-including-california-and-new-mexico  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What did President James Polk do to gain additional U.S. territory, including California and New Mexico?

What did [President James](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43472/when-it-came-to-the-issue-of-the-extension-of-slavery-what-did-president-james-k-polk-favor) Polk do to gain additional U.S. [territory](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51437/what-agreement-did-the-united-states-and-great-britain-reach-about-the-oregon-territory), including California and New Mexico?


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