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