The treaty resolving the Alabama claims also resolved still ambiguous points of this issue. William Allen resigned from the Senate committee he chaired after this issue was se
The treaty resolving the Alabama claims also resolved still ambiguous points of this issue. William Allen resigned from the Senate committee he chaired after this issue was settled with terms he believed unacceptable. An 1818 treaty pushed resolution of this issue to the future by at least ten years by declaring that there would joint occupancy in the area under dispute. Resolving this issue was one of the four goals set out by James (*) K. Polk upon assuming the presidency. Louis McLane represented the United States in negotiations over it, eventually settling for a line well below Russian territory. Supporters of a side in this conflict used the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!". For 10 points, name this dispute between the United States and Great Britain over a Northwest boundary.
The treaty resolving the Alabama claims also resolved still ambiguous points of this issue.
Oregon boundary dispute [or obvious equivalents that mention Oregon]