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<p>Benc: Category:Political slogans</p> <hr /> <div>The phrase '''&quot;Fifty-Four Forty or Fight&quot;''' was a [[political slogan|campaign slogan]] of [[United States| United States]] [[president of the United States|president]]-to-be [[James K. Polk]].<br /> <br /> In the [[Anglo-American Convention of 1818]], the Americans and the [[Britain|British]] chose a joint [[sovereignty]] of what is now the [[Pacific Northwest]] of the United States to the British [[crown colony]] of [[British Columbia]] (now a province of [[Canada]]). The northern boundary of the [[Oregon Territory]] then was the [[Latitude|parallel]] 54°40', with [[Russia | Russian]] claims on [[Alaska]] to the north. By the [[election]] of [[1844]], this [[alliance]] was growing shaky, with Western settlers wanting the land for America.<br /> <br /> Polk was ready to go to war to claim all the land, and quipped the slogan ''&quot;Fifty-four Forty or Fight!&quot;'' to help win election. Fortifications like [[Fort Wayne]] were built along the U.S.-British Columbian border in anticipation of combat. The [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] Polk beat the [[United States Whig Party|Whig]] [[Henry Clay]] 1,337,243 to 1,299,068; the [[U.S. Electoral College|electoral college]] results were Polk 170 votes versus 105 for Clay.<br /> <br /> The argument was settled diplomatically, with the [[Oregon Treaty]] of [[1846]]. The border was set the [[49th parallel]], which still marks much of the border between the [[United States]] and [[Canada]].<br /> <br /> The Canadian [[rock band]] [[54-40]] takes their name from this slogan.<br /> <br /> ==External links and references==<br /> <br /> *[http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa031600a.htm Geography page on ''Fifty-Four Forty or Fight'']<br /> *[http://www.fiftyfourfortyorfight.com/ fiftyfourfortyorfight.com]<br /> *[http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0818656.html infoplease.com on ''Fifty-Four Forty or Fight'']<br /> *[http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/F/Fiftyfou.asp encyclopedia.com on ''Fifty-Four Forty or Fight'']<br /> <br /> [[Category:Political slogans]]<br /> [[Category:U.S. history of territorial expansion]]<br /> [[Category:Canada and the United States]]</div>

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