Why did the crucial election of 1844 come to be fought over expansionism?
Polk and the Democrats espoused the expansionist position, calling for the “reoccupation of Oregon” and the “re-annexation of Texas.” The cry of Fifty-four Forty or Fight! was raised by the Democrats,
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