In the 1844 election, the phrase "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!" referred to

In the 1844 election, the phrase "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!" referred to the Oregon boundary discipline. This was because this was the latitude and longitude of the region which was disputed. This was a controversy over the political division of the area known as the Pacific Northwest of all three countries in North America between several imperialist nations with different motivations and aspirations for the territory.