Question

The French sought to strengthen their rule in Vietnam through control of __________?
A.agriculture
B.railways
C.landlord
D.education

Answer 1

Hint: In the 1930’s France began to exploit Vietnam for its natural resources and to weaken its economy . Napoleon Ⅲ decided to invade Vietnam in July 1857.

Complete answer: The rich and powerful people of Vietnam were influenced by the Chinese culture. To establish their power, the French had to remove the Chinese influence. In order to establish their authority and power the French decided to disintegrate the traditional educational system that was setup by the Chinese and established French schools in Vietnam to increase their power.
The French did not just want to exploit the Vietnamese economically but they also wanted to civilise the Vietnamese people and education can be considered as a way to do that.
The French tried to change the beliefs, customs and traditions of the people and wanted them to believe in the superiority of the French civilisation. New textbooks were introduced which glorified French culture, and the Vietnmaese were projected as downtrodden and primitive people who could only do manual labour.The children were taught in the schools that only the French people were capable of providing them development of the Vietnamese. The Vietnamese teachers and students did not blindly follow the curriculum, they opposed the curriculum and used to modify the texts and also criticised them.the students developed patriotism and took the responsibility to fight against the injustice and formed a party called Party of Young Annan, and also published various journals.

Thus , option D is the correct choice .

Note: The French wanted to strengthen their rule in Vietnam through education and the educated class of Vietnam used education as a weapon to fight against the French injustice.