US President Polk
Polk was called the first "____ ____" due to his political obscurity.
What is "Dark Horse"?
What is Spain?
President Van Buren was one of the founders of this political party.
What is the Democratic Party?
Harrison was Governor of this US Territory (now a State) prior to being elected as US President.
What is Indiana?
Mexico believed the southern border of Texas and the northern border of Mexico was the ____ River.
Polk served in the legislature and as governor of this US State (Also where Davy Crockett served in the legislature).
What is Tennessee?
This man was the first President of the Republic of Texas and was re-elected for a second term.
Who is Sam Houston?
President Van Buren was a US Senator and a Governor of this US State.
What is New York?
A candidate in this party when he defeated Van Buren and became the 9th US President.
What is the Whig Party?
Texans and the US defended that the southern border of Texas and the northern board of Mexico was the ___ ___.
What is the Rio Grande?
Polk extended the boundary at the 49th Parallel between the US and this country in order to keep peace with Great Britain.
What is Canada?
The first President of the Republic of Texas could not be re-elected for a consecutive term, so the second President of the Republic of Texas was this man.
Mirabeau Lamar
Van Buren was Vice President under this US President.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Harrison was the last president to be born while the colonies were under the rule of this nation.
What is Great Britain?
Also acceptable: Britain or England
What is California?
Though this term was coined by journalist John O'Sullivan in 1845, President Polk believed in this idea, which caused him to pursue expansion westward.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Texas gained independence from Mexico in this year.
What is 1836?
Van Buren was the first US President to use this word in his inaugural address.
What is "Slavery"?
Harrison was the oldest US President to be elected into office at this ripe old age.
What is 67?
This new nation gained independence from Mexico in 1836.
What is the Republic of Texas?
President Polk tried to buy land from this country, but when it failed, he placed troops in the Nueces Strip, which nudged this nation toward war with the US.
What is Mexico?
This man was the President of the US when Texas declared independence from Mexico, but denied Texas annexation into the US.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Van Buren was President during this economic depression of 1837, also called the ____ __ ___."
What is the Panic of 1837?
Harrison had a grandson to become the 23rd US President. His grandson's name was ___.
What is Benjamin Harrison?
This man became President of Mexico and was unwilling to negotiate with the US about Texas or regarding the border dispute.
Who is Paredes?