Defining Documents in American History: Manifest Destiny & The New Nation is centered on the following themes: • Antebellum Law & Politics • Manifest Destiny • The Spirit of Reform • African American Protest Literature • The New American Identity • Religious Expansion • Native American Land & Autonomy This collection will introduce students and educators to a diverse range of genres, including journals, letters, speeches, government legislation, and court opinions. Documents represent the diversity of ideas and contexts that define social, political and cultural subjects throughout American history.