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