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 a racial hierarchy in the New World based on an individual's percentage of Spanish blood
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how Spanish colonization led to a racial hierarchy in the New World based on an individual's percentage of Spanish blood
(Choice B) how Spanish colonization led to the rapid acceptance of interracial families in the New World
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how Spanish colonization led to the rapid acceptance of interracial families in the New World
(Choice C) how Spanish colonization led to the rejection of racial hierarchy in the New World
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how Spanish colonization led to the rejection of racial hierarchy in the New World
(Choice D) how Spanish colonization created a society in the New World which excluded indigenous people
D
how Spanish colonization created a society in the New World which excluded indigenous people
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The best answer is:
(Choice A) how Spanish colonization led to a racial hierarchy in the New World based on an individual's percentage of Spanish blood.
Casta paintings categorize mixed-race individuals and reflect the social hierarchy that developed under Spanish colonization, emphasizing the significance of racial identity and lineage.
