{"id":12726,"date":"2026-08-26T19:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T23:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/?page_id=12726"},"modified":"2026-08-31T16:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:18:08","slug":"amdm2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/amdm2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Engaging with American Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Class Notes Fall 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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August 18th-20th:<\/strong> Introduction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

August 25th-27th:<\/strong> Rhetoric, the Republic, and Virtue<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

September 1st-3rd:<\/strong>\u00a0de Cr\u00e8vecoeur’s \u201cWhat is an American?\u201d (1782)<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)<\/strong><\/p>\n

September 8th-10th:<\/strong> Abigail Adams and John Adams<\/p>\n

September 15th-17th:<\/strong> Starting the Republic, attempt #1<\/p>\n

September 22nd-24th:<\/strong> Federalist Papers #1, #10, #51, & #78<\/p>\n

September 29th-October 1st:<\/strong> The U.S. Constitution (1789) and Bill of Rights<\/p>\n

October 6th-8th:<\/strong> Key Amendments<\/p>\n

October 15th:<\/strong> Alexis de Tocqueville, Alexis.\u00a0\u201cChapter 9: On the Principal Causes Tending to Maintain a Democratic Republic\u201d (1835)<\/p>\n

October 20th-22nd:<\/strong> Revolutions, Civil War, Stability<\/p>\n

October 27th-29th:<\/strong> Lincoln’s Evolution and the Gilded Age<\/p>\n

November 3rd-5th:<\/strong> Civil Rights<\/p>\n

November 10th-12th:<\/strong> Labor and Ideology<\/p>\n

November 17th-19th:<\/strong> Dwight D. Eisenhower & Conservatism<\/p>\n

November 20th:<\/strong> Ronald Reagan’s “Farewell Address”<\/p>\n

December 2nd:<\/strong> Last Day of Class<\/p>\n

December 8:<\/strong> No Class Meeting\u2014Final Exam on\u00a0Canvas<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Class Notes Fall 2026   August 18th-20th: Introduction August 25th-27th: Rhetoric, the Republic, and Virtue September 1st-3rd:\u00a0de Cr\u00e8vecoeur’s \u201cWhat is an American?\u201d (1782) The Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) September 8th-10th: Abigail Adams and John Adams September 15th-17th: Starting the Republic, attempt #1 September 22nd-24th: Federalist Papers #1, #10, #51, & #78 September 29th-October […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":598,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12726","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2HAOx-3jg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/598"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12726"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12752,"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12726\/revisions\/12752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}