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