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