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