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 sodbuster Homestead Act A Spanish-speaking quarter in a southwestern town. boomtown Indian Peace Commission dry farming A name given to Great Plains farmers A law that encouraged western migration. Manifest Destiny A person who continually moves place to place. A town undergoing a sudden population increase nomad 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" Long Drive to drive cattle long distances for great profits. to absorb a group of people into a culture. barrios assimilate