Memory Westward ExpansionVersion en ligne Chapter 4: Western Expansion --> Jones Social Studies par Anthony Jones Homestead Act dry farming Long Drive Indian Peace Commission to drive cattle long distances for great profits. to absorb a group of people into a culture. A person who continually moves place to place. The belief that the United States should be "sea to shining sea" sodbuster Created to negotiate peace with Plains Indian tribes and the white man assimilate A name given to Great Plains farmers A law that encouraged western migration. A way of farming where the seed is planted deep in the ground. A Spanish-speaking quarter in a southwestern town. boomtown A town undergoing a sudden population increase nomad Manifest Destiny barrios