President Polk Finally Gets His War with Mexico
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › May 08, 2011
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This week (May 11) in 1846, U.S. President James K. Polk asked Congress for a declaration of war against Mexico because, as he put it, "Mexico has ... invaded our territory and shed American blood upon American soil."
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President Polk Finally Gets His War with Mexico
For years Mexico and the United States had been arguing about possession of the Texas territory, historically a part of Mexico, whos...
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