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Expansionism & Manifest Destiny  - http://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/lec.mandest.html  Outlines the background of United States foreign policy, causes of American expansionism, and the colonization of Texas, Oregon, and California.  Essay Index on Manifest Destiny  - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/manifest/manifxx.htm  An index to essays relating to the philosophy of manifest destiny.  Manifest Destiny - America, the New Israel  - http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/joshua/manifest.html  An essay that examines the early American identification with Promised Land imagery and the concept of divine election as God's chosen people.  Manifest Destiny - Fort Scott National Historic Site  - http://www.nps.gov/fosc/mandest.htm  Describes the philosophy behind the western expansion and describes the conflicts that the dragoons faced.  Manifest Destiny - PBS  - http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/dialogues/prelude/manifest/manifestdestiny.html  Describes the ideal behind the push for expansion into the west and offers historian's views regarding this philosophy.