According to the "one-drop rule"
A) Anyone who spilled one-drop of a White person's blood would be executed.
B) Anyone who had one-drop of American Indian blood would be considered American Indian, if desired.
C) Anyone with one known Black ancestor was deemed Black, regardless of the number or proportion of non-Black ancestors.
D) Any child of the union of a White and a non-White person would be deemed a member of the non-White parent's race.

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The "one-drop rule" was a social and legal practice in the United States that held that any person with even one ancestor of African descent (no matter how far back) was considered Black, regardless of the individual's physical appearance or other ancestry. This rule was enacted to reinforce racial segregation and maintain the racial hierarchy of White supremacy during the Jim Crow era.

According to the "One-Drop Rule