"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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"Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" canonical 2
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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States political catchphrase
expansionist slogan
political slogan
associatedWithElection 1844 United States presidential election
surface form: United States presidential election of 1844
associatedWithPerson James K. Polk
associatedWithPolicy American expansionism
United States territorial expansion
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: United States
hasLanguage English
hasPoliticalStance pro-annexation of Oregon Country
hasSloganForm "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" self-linksurface differs
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 Country
surface form: Oregon Territory
relatedConcept American frontier
United States territorial expansion
surface form: 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"
this entity surface form: Fifty-Four Forty or Fight
"Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" hasSloganForm "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Fifty-Four Forty or Fight
1844 United States presidential election campaignSloganOfJamesKPolk "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"
this entity surface form: Fifty-Four Forty or Fight