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Which president's policies showed the greatest support for the idea of Manifest Destiny?
James Polk
John Quincy Adams
Martin Van Buren
Andrew Jackson
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James Polk.
He most directly pursued Manifest Destiny—annexing Texas, pushing the "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" claim over Oregon, and provoking/leading the Mexican–American War, which by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) added vast Southwestern territories to the United States.
He most directly pursued Manifest Destiny—annexing Texas, pushing the "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" claim over Oregon, and provoking/leading the Mexican–American War, which by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) added vast Southwestern territories to the United States.
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