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