How did French and Australian assimilationist policies differ from each other?(1 point)

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France created schools to assimilate willing Indigenous peoples, while Australia took children to forcibly assimilate Indigenous peoples.
France created schools to assimilate willing Indigenous peoples, while Australia took children to forcibly assimilate Indigenous peoples.

France and Australia used the same assimilationist policies in every instance.
France and Australia used the same assimilationist policies in every instance.

France promoted the idea of scientific racism, while Australia rejected it in favor of social Darwinism.
France promoted the idea of scientific racism, while Australia rejected it in favor of social Darwinism.

Australia promoted the use of scientific racism when determining who would receive rights, while France used a policy of intermarriage.

Answer 1

The correct response is:

France created schools to assimilate willing Indigenous peoples, while Australia took children to forcibly assimilate Indigenous peoples.

This accurately reflects the different approaches to assimilation policies in France and Australia. France aimed to assimilate Indigenous peoples through educational systems, while Australia infamously implemented the forced removal of Indigenous children from their families in an effort to assimilate them into white Australian society.