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Hace 3 días · James Knox Polk ( / poʊk /; [1] November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. He also served as the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives from 1835 to 1839 and the ninth governor of Tennessee from 1839 to 1841.
- James Knox Polk, November 2, 1795, Pineville, North Carolina, U.S.
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Hace 3 días · He signed a bill of annexation on March 1, With President Polk's support, the Texas annexation treaty was approved by the Texas Republic in 1845. A bill to admit Texas as the 28th state of the Union was signed by Polk on December 29, 1845. Second term in the Senate Mexican–American War and Wilmot Proviso
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Hace 1 día · Between 1841 and 1850, immigration nearly tripled again and totaled 1,713,000 immigrants, including at least 781,000 Irish, 435,000 Germans, 267,000 British, and 77,000 French. The Irish, driven by the Great Famine (1845–1849), emigrated directly from their homeland to
Hace 1 día · In 1845, the Southern Baptists separated from the Triennial Convention in order to support slavery, which the southern churches regarded as "an institution of heaven".
Hace 3 días · 1845: Isaac Charles Johnson invents modern Portland cement. 1846: Henri-Joseph Maus invents the tunnel boring machine. 1847: Ascanio Sobrero invents Nitroglycerin, the first explosive made that was stronger than black powder. 1848: Jonathan J. Couch invents the pneumatic drill. 1848: Linus Yale Sr. invents the first modern pin tumbler lock.
Hace 4 días · The California gold rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. [1] . The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. [2] .
Hace 2 días · History of the United States (1865–1917) The history of the United States from 1865 to 1917 was marked by the Reconstruction era, the Gilded Age, and the Progressive Era, and includes the rise of industrialization and the resulting surge of immigration in the United States .
