Relier Pairs American IndianVersion en ligne Match the Key Terms with the correct description. par Jefferson County ESC 1 Manifest Destiny 2 Dawes Act 3 Wounded Knee 4 Reservation 5 Assimilation This 1887 law required Native Americans to give up their "Indian" ways and adopt "American" ways. This is the site in South Dakota where, in 1890, US soldiers massacred over 150 Lakota men, women, and children. An area of land where the U.S. government forced Indians to live; usually less than desirable land. This is the gradual process by which an ethnic, racial, or religious group merges into the dominant surrounding population. The idea that the U.S. had a God-given right to expand its border westward to the Pacific Ocean.