Question

Despite the belligerent slogan "54'40 or Fight!" Polk chose to negotiate in 1846 for the Oregon Territory boundaries because:

• A. He was bound by the previous treaties signed with England.
• B. He could not get Southern support for a war.
• C. It was both unrealistic and potentially disastrous to get into simultaneous wars with both England and Mexico.
• D. Beginning a war might get Russia. Spain. and Mexico to ally against the US.
• E. Most settlers in the northern portion of the Oregon Territory considered themselves Russians or English. not Americans.

Answer 1

The correct option is A He was bound by the previous treaties signed with England.

He was bound by the previous treaties signed with England.