The dawes severalty act sought to "civilize" the indians by:
A. turning them into landowning ranchers and farmers
B. making public education compulsory on reservations
C. threatening to exterminate Indians if they refused to adopt white culture
D. sending Christian missionaries to convert Indians
Answer: A. turning them into landowning ranchers and farmers
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