Final answer:
The U.S. government's strategy for assimilating American Indians included forcing children to attend reservation schools where cultural assimilation was mandatory. (option a)
Step-by-step explanation:
The U.S. government extensively employed the strategy of implementing reservation schools with forced cultural assimilation to assimilate American Indians following their forced relocation. The most notable example is the boarding school system, where Native American children were forcibly removed from their families and communities to attend schools designed to eradicate their indigenous cultures and languages. These schools aimed to replace Native traditions with Euro-American customs, leading to the loss of cultural identity for many Native individuals.
This assimilation strategy was part of the broader policy of cultural genocide, attempting to reshape Native American societies according to Euro-American norms. The negative consequences of this policy are still felt today, as it contributed to the erosion of indigenous languages, and cultural practices, and the intergenerational trauma experienced by Native communities.