Question

How did policymakers hope the policy of assimilation would work?

Answer 1

Answer:

a. Indians would blend into white culture after the buffalo died out.

Explanation:

The policy of assimilation was an attempt by France and Portugal to destroy the cultural tradition of their African colonies and, through their Europeanization, to form a privileged elite that would collaborate with the colonizers.

The idea formulated in 1895 by Arthur Girault corresponded to the belief that the French nation had always been able to acculturate other peoples and that it would even have a moral obligation to do so. Laws promulgated in 1921 in Portugal (Indigenous Statute) and in 1924 in France (Indigénat) divided the peoples of Africa between Indigenes (Indigènes) and assimilated (Assimilées). Assimilates could, for example, acquire property and were not required by the authorities to work on public works. However, they had to perform military service and work for the public service, to present schooling in French and Portuguese, to prove possession of goods and to maintain a Christian life. Unlike the French colonies, the amount of assimilated in the Portuguese colonies remained minimalː Angola had the highest rate, with 0.77%.

In 1946, France granted all civilized Africans civil rights. Portugal, in 1954/61, canceled the assimilated status, ended up with forced labor and instead defended Lusotropicalism.

Answer 2

A; Indians would blend into white culture after the buffalo died out.