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Junior Chimp
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« on: September 13, 2018, 04:07:00 PM » |
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Polk. The Mexican-American War may not have been ethical, but the annexation of California certainly worked out for the U.S. in the long term. And he handled the partition of Oregon well enough.
He was also probably the most effective domestic policy president of the period, too. The Independent Treasury System that he revived stayed in place for 70 years and the tariff reduction bill was also a pretty big deal. And unlike Jackson, his presidency didn't end in a financial panic.
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