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