USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Polk called for expansion that included Texas, California, and the entire Oregon territory. The northern boundary of Oregon was the latitude line of 54 degrees, 40 minutes. “Fifty-four forty or fight!” was the popular slogan that led Polk to victory against all odds.

Detailed explanation-2: -Signed by President James K. Polk on June 15th, 1846. The Oregon Treaty was one of the first successes of Manifest Destiny. The Oregon Territory, was valuable to both the U.S. and Britain.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the summer of 1845 the Polk administration offered a compromise, renewing the initial U.S. proposal to divide Oregon along the forty-ninth parallel, placing Puget Sound under U.S. control. The British rejected this offer, however, and Polk ceased negotiations.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the midst of the Oregon boundary dispute, the President James K. Polk is secretly sending military agents, disguised as pioneers, west on the Oregon Trail so that they may protect American settlers in the event of war with British North America. Rumors of this conspiracy reach James Gordon Bennett Sr.

Detailed explanation-5: -He used the famous campaign slogan “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!"-named after the line of latitude serving as the territory’s northern boundary. Polk’s plan was to claim the entire region and go to war over it with the British. The United States had fought them twice before in relatively recent memory.