- Based on the arguments presented in Readings 6.1 and 6.2, which social class wrote the Constitution, and which class was excluded and not allowed to participate in this process? In your comment, make sure you clearly specify the difference between the two classes by giving examples from the readings.
The wealth owning capitalist class wrote the constitution which set up the United States government and the social class that were not allowed to participate in writing the constitution were the working classes or the non-wealthy classes. They were excluded and were called the disenfranchised by Charles Beard. They were not permitted to exercise their input in shaping what the government system would be because the wealthy were acting from their own economic and political interests and they didn’t want to create a system of government that might protest the interests of the working class.
- Would say that the social class structure of early United States society was the same as ours today, or different? Explain.
In my opinion, I would say that the social class structures of the early United States were not the same as ours today. It is completely different based on how the upper class has been increased while the middle class has been decreased due to wealth dispersion.
- Why were the people who wrote the Constitution so afraid of democracy? Hint: think about how to answer this question by discussing it in terms of social classes.
The founders who wrote the constitution were so afraid of democracy because they believed that too much democracy can be harmful. Therefore, to protect the wealthy minority against the “Tyranny of the majority.”
