"Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"

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"Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" was a mid-19th-century American expansionist slogan associated with demands to claim the entire Oregon Territory up to latitude 54°40′ north, even at the risk of war with Britain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States political catchphrase
expansionist slogan
political slogan
associatedWithElection United States presidential election of 1844
associatedWithPerson James K. Polk
associatedWithPolicy American expansionism
Manifest Destiny
associatedWithRegion British Columbia
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
Washington
contrastedWithBoundary 49th parallel north
demandsBoundaryAtLatitude 54 degrees 40 minutes north
54°40′ north
expressesDemand full U.S. claim to territory up to 54°40′
hasCountryOfOrigin United States
hasLanguage English
hasPoliticalStance pro-annexation of Oregon Country
hasSloganForm "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"
hasTheme U.S.–British rivalry
nationalism
territorial expansion
hasTimePeriod mid-19th century
historicalOutcomeRelatedTo Oregon Treaty of 1846
historicalSignificance symbol of aggressive U.S. expansionism in the 1840s
impliesRiskOf war with Britain
mediumOfUse newspapers
political speeches
opposedCountry Great Britain
United Kingdom
politicalFunction campaign slogan
politicalGoal U.S. control of all Oregon Country
expansion of U.S. territory to the Pacific Northwest
refersToTerritory Oregon Country
Oregon Territory
linked to: Oregon Country
relatedConcept American frontier
Manifest Destiny
U.S. territorial expansion
relatedConflict Oregon boundary dispute
timeOfProminence 1840s
usedByPoliticalFaction Democratic Party expansionist wing
U.S. expansionists
usedInContextOf Oregon boundary dispute
United States–British North America border negotiations

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Oregon Country relatedPoliticalSlogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"
Oregon Treaty of 1846 relatedToSlogan Fifty-Four Forty or Fight
linked to: "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"
Fifty-Four Forty or Fight hasSloganForm "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"
subject linked to: "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"
1844 United States presidential election campaignSloganOfJamesKPolk Fifty-Four Forty or Fight
linked to: "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"