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    What was a political slogan that became popular in USA by 1846, calling for the annexation of the entire Oregon Country?

    Question #62102. Asked by UT-7. (Jan 30 06 2:38 AM)


    TabbyTom

    		"Fifty-four forty or fight."

    The slogan meant that the US should make war on Britain unless the boundary between the US and that part of British Canada was fixed at 54° 40' North.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty-Four_Forty_or_Fight

    Jan 30 06, 3:07 AM

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