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Polk added over 800,000 square miles to western territory and extended the boundary of the country to the Pacific Ocean. He also lowered tariffs and created an independent federal treasury. He only served one term as promised.

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His biggest accomplishments were the acquisition of the Oregon Territory and the Mexican Cession (land gained from Mexico after the Mexican-American War)

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