"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)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" canonical | 2 |
| Fifty-Four Forty or Fight | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2342580 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" Context triple: [Oregon Country, relatedPoliticalSlogan, "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"]
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Point Defiance
Point Defiance is a large forested urban park and peninsula in Tacoma, Washington, known for its scenic waterfront, old-growth forests, and popular attractions like the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.
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Winnebago War
The Winnebago War was a brief 1827 conflict between the United States and the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) people in the Upper Mississippi region, sparked by tensions over land cessions and American expansion.
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C.
Nez Perce War
The Nez Perce War was an 1877 conflict in which the U.S. Army pursued the Nez Perce tribe across the Pacific Northwest as they attempted a strategic retreat toward Canada rather than submit to forced relocation.
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D.
Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way
Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way is a large 19th-century mural by Emanuel Leutze that romantically depicts American westward expansion and Manifest Destiny.
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Red Cloud's War
Red Cloud's War was an armed conflict from 1866 to 1868 in which Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud successfully resisted U.S. military expansion along the Bozeman Trail in present-day Wyoming and Montana.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" Target entity description: "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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A.
Point Defiance
Point Defiance is a large forested urban park and peninsula in Tacoma, Washington, known for its scenic waterfront, old-growth forests, and popular attractions like the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.
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B.
Winnebago War
The Winnebago War was a brief 1827 conflict between the United States and the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) people in the Upper Mississippi region, sparked by tensions over land cessions and American expansion.
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C.
Nez Perce War
The Nez Perce War was an 1877 conflict in which the U.S. Army pursued the Nez Perce tribe across the Pacific Northwest as they attempted a strategic retreat toward Canada rather than submit to forced relocation.
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D.
Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way
Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way is a large 19th-century mural by Emanuel Leutze that romantically depicts American westward expansion and Manifest Destiny.
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E.
Red Cloud's War
Red Cloud's War was an armed conflict from 1866 to 1868 in which Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud successfully resisted U.S. military expansion along the Bozeman Trail in present-day Wyoming and Montana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States political catchphrase
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expansionist slogan ⓘ political slogan ⓘ |
| associatedWithElection |
1844 United States presidential election
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surface form:
United States presidential election of 1844
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| associatedWithPerson | James K. Polk ⓘ |
| associatedWithPolicy |
American expansionism
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United States territorial expansion ⓘ
surface form:
Manifest Destiny
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| associatedWithRegion |
British Columbia
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Oregon ⓘ Pacific Northwest ⓘ Washington ⓘ |
| contrastedWithBoundary | 49th parallel north ⓘ |
| demandsBoundaryAtLatitude |
54 degrees 40 minutes north
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54°40′ north ⓘ |
| expressesDemand | full U.S. claim to territory up to 54°40′ ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalStance | pro-annexation of Oregon Country ⓘ |
| hasSloganForm | "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
U.S.–British rivalry
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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
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political speeches ⓘ |
| opposedCountry |
Great Britain
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| politicalFunction | campaign slogan ⓘ |
| politicalGoal |
U.S. control of all Oregon Country
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expansion of U.S. territory to the Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| refersToTerritory |
Oregon Country
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Oregon Country ⓘ
surface form:
Oregon Territory
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| relatedConcept |
American frontier
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United States territorial expansion ⓘ
surface form:
Manifest Destiny
U.S. territorial expansion ⓘ |
| relatedConflict | Oregon boundary dispute ⓘ |
| timeOfProminence | 1840s ⓘ |
| usedByPoliticalFaction |
Democratic Party expansionist wing
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U.S. expansionists ⓘ |
| usedInContextOf |
Oregon boundary dispute
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United States–British North America border negotiations ⓘ |
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Subject: "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" Description of subject: "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.
Referenced by (4)
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