Question

At the outset of U.S. history, eligible voters were white property owners or very wealthy. The gradual inclusion of African Americans, women, and other groups took a long time. More recently, voter ID laws have become popular. Many would argue that such laws restricting who can vote are an extension of this long history, which is largely what kind of stratification system?

a) Class
b) Estate
c) Elite‑mass dichotomy
d) Caste

Answer 1

The answer is b) Estate stratification.

This stratification system was a long-run result of feudalism since it fell under the same principles:

1) There's a social hierarchy in which there were a noble class and a peasant class.

2) Only the noble class could have land ownership, and the peasant (or serf) class must work it for the noble's usufruct.

This system of stratification was upheld not only by illustrated monarchies but also by modern nation-estates (like the U.S.), this is how it received the name of estate stratification.