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During the presidency of James K. Polk, the United States fought a war with Mexico and resolved a dispute with Britain over the division of the Oregon Territory. As a result, the United States
A. nearly doubled its population.
OB. increased in size by more than a third.
OC. acquired its last contiguous territory.
OD. established its modern southern border.

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B.

Polk’s victories — the Oregon settlement (1846) and the Mexican Cession from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) after the Mexican–American War — added vast territory to the United States, increasing its size by more than one‑third.