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29b. 54° 40' or Fight. The southern boundary of the United States with Mexico was not the only western territory under dispute. The Oregon Territory spanned the modern states of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington, as well as the western coast of Canada up to the border of Russian Alaska.
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13 Φεβ 2018 · In 1818, the United States and the United Kingdom, which controlled British Canada, established a joint claim over the Oregon Territory, the region west of the Rocky Mountains and between 42 degrees north and 54 degrees 40 minutes north (the southern boundary of Russia's Alaska territory).
4 Αυγ 2015 · The phrase “54 40 or Fight” was a slogan created by Democratic nominee James K. Polk in an attempt to rally the public in support of removing control of portions of the United States, including Texas, California and Oregon, from the British.
Fifty-Four Forty or Fight at About.com, an example of a reference that mistakenly describes the phrase as an 1844 campaign slogan; 54-40 or Fight shows the quilt block named after the slogan. In this time period, women frequently used quilts to express their political views.
5 Απρ 2010 · Polk, an ardent proponent of Manifest Destiny, had won election with the slogan “54˚ 40’ or fight!” (a reference to the potential northern boundary of Oregon as latitude 54˚ 40’) and ...
The “Oregon Question” concerned competing imperial claims to the Pacific Northwest. Russia and Spain had coveted the region since the eighteenth century, but they forfeited their interests in a series of treaties between 1819 and 1825.
3 Ιαν 2011 · But why did the conflict fizzle out so quickly? And why is this post about Canada and the Pacific Northwest in our series on the Mexican War? The answer is that at the same time it was negotiating with Britain over the disputed zone, the U.S. was teetering on the brink of war with Mexico over Texas.
