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