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