1.The Constitution was written by the wealthy, landowners, merchants, lawyers, and other professionals. These people, such as George Washington, James Madison, and other valuable people, were financially stable, well educated, and held an important political role. The social class that was forced to be kept out from participating in the process was the working class, poor farmers, unfree people, enslaved people, women, and Native Americans.These groups that were kept out had no rights or a good representation in the making of the Constitution. In the early years, the only ones who could vote were the white property men owners, leaving poor people, both white and black women, Black individuals, and Native Americans. These groups were purposely taken off from the whole political process, with the wealthy rich people making sure that power and political decisions were always in their control.
2.The social class structure of early U.S. society was much harder than today. Back then,as I said previously, only property owning white men had political power, while women, enslaved people, Native Americans, and the poor were excluded. Today, all voting rights and political participation is at its best than ever before as it’s open to all citizens, gender, race, or any specific property owners won’t be affected , however economic and social variabilities still exist. So, while there still are different types of altercations, the system currently is far more inclusive now than it was in the past.
3.The people who wrote the Constitution were actually very scared of democracy because they were from the wealthy and thought of losing their power because of it. They were worried that if the general population, the poor, enslaved people, and women, had more political influence, it could change how they have control of their status. They believed that only the educated, property owner men could have the responsibility to make decisions, and direct democracy could lead to unbalance or mob rule.
