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AP World History Modern Flashcards: Changing Social Hierarchies

Study Changing Social Hierarchies in AP World History Modern with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

Which social group was at the top of the Spanish colonial hierarchy?

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ANSWER

Peninsulares. Spanish-born Europeans held highest positions in colonial administration.

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In 19th-century Latin America after independence, new constitutions proclaimed legal equality, but voting often depended on property and literacy. Creole elites dominated politics, while Indigenous communities faced land loss and coerced labor, and mestizo and Black populations navigated new national identities. Which development best illustrates changing social hierarchies in this period?
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