What Strategy Did the French Take in Response to Independence

question 29

Multiple Choice

What strategy did the French take in response to independence movements in their colonial possessions?

• A) strongly supporting development and self-government in their colonial possessions
• B) creating Communist governments in their colonial possessions with the aid of the French Communist Party
• C) granting full freedom for those nations that had fought on the side of the Free
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• D) forming a political structure called the French Union, which was meant, in theory, to give native peoples a greater political voice
• E) maintaining Vichy rule across these possessions even after the end of World War II

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