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Why did some people support james k polk's interest in annexing the oregon territory?

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Americans had looked westward, and in the early years of the republic the United States had expanded its borders toward and then beyond the Mississippi River. Whether through a congressional joint resolution, negotiations, purchase, or war, President Polk by the end of his term intended for the United States to stretch from coast to coast, firmly in possession of the Oregon Territory and California.

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Some people supported James K. Polk's interest in annexing the Oregon Territory because they believed in the idea of "Manifest Destiny" and saw the expansion of American territory as a natural and necessary progression.

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