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Fifty Four Forty or Fight!

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Fifty Four Forty or Fight!

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  • Slide: 1
  • So, we agree to have a joint occupancy of the Oregon territory?
  • Yes, we agree
  • This storyboard cell represents the president of the U.S. speaking to the King Great Britain. They are discussing who will own the Oregon country.
  • Slide: 2
  • pigs are running about under the great acorn trees, round and fat, and already cooked, with knives and forks sticking in them so you can cut off a slice whenever you are hungry
  • In the Oregon country, disease is unknown,trees grow as thick as hairs on a dog's back, and farms are free for the taking.
  • The pioneers are explaining why Oregon is so paradise like. There are pigs because according to the pioneers there were many wild pigs in Oregon.
  • Slide: 3
  • Mr. president... what did you mean when you declared “Fifty-four forty or fight!” in the 1844 presidential campaign? Why didn't you follow through with this campaign promise?
  • Well...uhhmm... by 54-40-or fight I met we will get the parrel location of the Oregon country or we will fight for it ... I didn't follow because well... I didn't really want it that bad were I would risk going to war.
  • This storyboard cell represents President Polk getting interviewed by a western woman from the Press. She is upset because he ran off of something that wasn't guaranteed.
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