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Spanish casta painting categorizing mixed-race children
Eighteenth-century Spanish casta painting. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons
This painting could best be used as evidence of which of the following historical developments?
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(Choice A) how Spanish colonization led to the rejection of racial hierarchy in the New World
A
how Spanish colonization led to the rejection of racial hierarchy in the New World
(Choice B) how Spanish colonization led to the rapid acceptance of interracial families in the New World
B
how Spanish colonization led to the rapid acceptance of interracial families in the New World
(Choice C) how Spanish colonization created a society in the New World which excluded indigenous people
C
how Spanish colonization created a society in the New World which excluded indigenous people
(Choice D) how Spanish colonization led to a racial hierarchy in the New World based on an individual's percentage of Spanish blood
D
how Spanish colonization led to a racial hierarchy in the New World based on an individual's percentage of Spanish blood
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Examine the image and answer the question below.
Spanish casta painting categorizing mixed-race children
Eighteenth-century Spanish casta painting. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons
This painting could best be used as evidence of which of the following historical developments?
Choose 1 answer:
Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A) how Spanish colonization led to the rejection of racial hierarchy in the New World
A
how Spanish colonization led to the rejection of racial hierarchy in the New World
(Choice B) how Spanish colonization led to the rapid acceptance of interracial families in the New World
B
how Spanish colonization led to the rapid acceptance of interracial families in the New World
(Choice C) how Spanish colonization created a society in the New World which excluded indigenous people
C
how Spanish colonization created a society in the New World which excluded indigenous people
(Choice D) how Spanish colonization led to a racial hierarchy in the New World based on an individual's percentage of Spanish blood
D
how Spanish colonization led to a racial hierarchy in the New World based on an individual's percentage of Spanish blood
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**(Choice D) how Spanish colonization led to a racial hierarchy in the New World based on an individual's percentage of Spanish blood.**
Casta paintings were created to categorize mixed-race individuals and illustrate the complex racial hierarchy established during Spanish colonization. These paintings visually represented how societal status was often determined by one's racial makeup and ancestry, particularly emphasizing the notion of "blood purity" and the mixing of different racial and ethnic groups.
**(Choice D) how Spanish colonization led to a racial hierarchy in the New World based on an individual's percentage of Spanish blood.**
Casta paintings were created to categorize mixed-race individuals and illustrate the complex racial hierarchy established during Spanish colonization. These paintings visually represented how societal status was often determined by one's racial makeup and ancestry, particularly emphasizing the notion of "blood purity" and the mixing of different racial and ethnic groups.