"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.

All labels observed (2)

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Fifty-Four Forty or Fight 3
"Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" canonical 2

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Statements (44)

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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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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"
Oregon boundary dispute → U.S.Slogan → Fifty-Four Forty or Fight ⓘ
linked to: "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"