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