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波尔克的总统就职演说
The inauguration of President Polk
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拓展国土 Expanding the Nation
因为詹姆斯波尔克誓言只担任一届的总统职务，因此努力希望能尽快达成某些目标，这些目标多数都和其竞选文宣中提及的扩张美国西部国土有关。
波尔克完成了纳入德州的工作，与英国谈定奥勒冈州的边界范围、所取得的土地成为华盛顿州、奥勒冈州、爱达荷州还有部分的蒙大拿、怀俄明州；从墨西哥取得的土地则成为加州、新墨西哥州、亚利桑纳州、内华达州、犹他州、以及部分的卡罗莱纳州、怀俄明州；同时他也完成独立国库体系的重建工作。在波尔克试图取得加州和新墨西哥州时，发生了哪些事？
Because James Polk vowed to serve only one term, he tried to achieve specific goals quickly. Many of these goals were centered on his campaign platform of expanding the United States westward.
Polk oversaw the annexation of Texas; settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute with Great Britain, which led to the acquisition of territory that became Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and parts of Montana and Wyoming; acquisition of territory from Mexico that eventually became California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming; and reestablishment of an independent treasury system. What happened when Polk initially tried to acquire California and New Mexico?
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