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