TY - BOOK ID - 74146818 TI - Met his every goal : James K. Polk and the legends of Manifest Destiny PY - 2014 SN - 9781621900993 9781621901280 1621901289 1621900991 1621901378 PB - Knoxville University of Tennessee Press DB - UniCat KW - Polk, James Knox KW - United States KW - Politics and government KW - 1845-1849 KW - Presidents KW - Biography KW - Manifest Destiny KW - Manifest Destiny. KW - Political messianism KW - Polk, James K. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:74146818 AB - <div>Soon after winning the presidency in 1845, according to the oft-repeated anecdote, James K. Polk slapped his thigh and predicted what would be the ""four great measures"" of his administration: the acquisition of some or all of the Oregon Country, the acquisition of California, a reduction in tariffs, and the establishment of a permanent independent treasury. Over the next four years, the Tennessee Democrat achieved all four goals. And those milestones-along with his purported enunciation of them-have come to define his presidency. Indeed, repeated <i>ad infinitum</i> in U.S. history text ER -