"Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!" Referred To

question 45

Multiple Choice

"Fifty-four Forty or Fight!" referred to:

• A)Tyler's decision to try to wait until 1854 to annex Texas.
• B)Polk's campaign promise to gain exclusive title to the Oregon Territory.
• C)the margin by which Tyler hoped to gain reelection.
• D)Britain's determination to stay in the fight for the Oregon Territory.
• E)a popular chant during the war against Mexico.

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