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A literary criticism of the book "Martin Chuzzlewit" by Charles Dickens is presented, focusing on the context of Dickens' visit to the U.S. in 1842. It comments on Dickens' disappointment with the U.S. and examines American public life and politics at this time. The author reflects on the American idea of Manifest Destiny and examines Dickens' views on slavery, liberty, and democracy.

The article reports on the promotion of the concept of Manifest Destiny by U.S. President James Polk on December 2, 1845.

The article discusses the author's views about how Europeans such as then-French leader Napoleon Bonaparte lost control over most of North America. The Americans' effort to buy Louisiana from France is addressed, along with Bonaparte's plan for a French empire in the Caribbean region. The views of Bonaparte's brothers Lucien and Joseph Bonaparte are examined, along with Spanish explorers, former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson's Manifest destiny plan, and Native American history.

The article offers information on the comparison of the constitutional status of Indian tribes and U.S. overseas territories. Topics discussed include exploring legal, cultural, and political ideas in Manifest Destiny; the power to U.S. Congress to dispose of and make all rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the U.S.; and voting by U.S. citizens in the territories under the Uniformed Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.

The article presents a history of the forced relocation of Native American peoples such as the Cherokee, Sioux, and Northern Cheyenne by the U.S. government, with topics including the U.S. concept of manifest destiny, living conditions on Native American reservations, and ignored or broken treaties between the U.S. government and Native Americans.

The author discusses the rhetoric surrounding U.S. human spaceflight programs. She critiques themes of manifest destiny, exploitation, and conquest in spaceflight rhetoric used by politicians and officials within the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Details on spaceflight rhetoric in other countries and the role of spaceflight in international relations are presented.

The article offers information on the history of the U.S. overseas imperialism during the Spanish-American War. It is stated that the meeting of diplomats with U.S. President William McKinley on the eve of the Spanish-American War focused on the prevention of a war with Spain but was in light of the American support for the Cuban War of Independence. It notes that manifest destiny was a term coined by newspaper editor John L. O'Sullivan that described the belief that providence mandated the U.S. continental expansion and eventually overseas expansion in the name of democracy, progress and civilization. It also mentions the acquisition of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and Philippines by the U.S. as a result of modern American imperialism.

The article focuses on how former U.S. President Andrew Jackson on through treaties and the Mexican War, it gained vast western territories extending across the continent all the way to the Pacific Ocean. It mentions intense nationalism that gave rise to Manifest Destiny and expressed the nation's determination to move westward and spread democracy. It also mentions strengthening of presidential power essential to maintaining the American Union in a time of escalating sectional crises.

The article discusses the future envisioned by anarcho-primitivism and ideological justification provided by futurists for the continuation of hegemonic control. Topics mentioned include the 1990s television series "The X-Files," the concept of Manifest Destiny used by supporters of European settlement in North America and U.S. expansion, and thoughts from poet Diane di Prima on history.

The article focuses on the expansion of territory by U.S. throughout the continent of America known as Manifest destiny. Also mentioned is the discovery of gold in California that had set hopes for commerce across the pacific. The annexation of territories including Philippines, Hawaii and Havana by U.S. is mentioned. The brutality of Americans that had taken lives of many people is mentioned.

The article discusses the West Florida Rebellion of 1810, in which forces led by U.S. Revolutionary War veteran Philemon Thomas took Fort San Carlos in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It comments on the competing claims of the U.S. and Spain for West Florida and the administration of West Florida under the Spanish governor Colonel Charles Delassus. The author examines the relation of this rebellion to the American expansionist belief of Manifest Destiny and the acquisitions of Texas and California.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of traveling to western regions of the U.S. to learn the history of Manifest Destiny.

An interview with Pastor C. Regi Rodgers is presented. When asked about his difficulty being a son of a preacher, he refers to its similarity to being a child of any parent and the concept of responsibility and offers some advices for those who struggle with the situation of being a child of preacher. He provides information about Manifest Destiny Ministry and the requirement needed to be an effective minister. He also discusses the story and creation of his book "Playa2Praya."

The article discusses "The Manifest Destiny Billboard Project," an art project in which ten artists have been invited to create ten billboards dealing with the subjects of Manifest Destiny and westward expansion. The 100 billboards, by artists such as Shana Lutker, Mario Ybarra Jr. and Sanford Biggers, will be spread across 2500 miles from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts of the U.S. The project has been organized by arts the organization Los Angeles Nomadic Division, or LAND.

The article presents a brief historical account of the 19th century Mexican War, and the U.S. doctrine of manifest destiny.