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AMDM 1575-110 “Engaging with American Democracy” Syllabus<\/a> (Fall 2025)
Assignments on Canvas<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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August 19th: Introduction to class<\/a><\/strong>
August 21st: The Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)<\/a><\/strong>

August 26th: <\/strong>The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence<\/strong> (May 20, 1775)<\/a>
                 <\/strong> Abigail Adams to John Adams <\/strong>“Remember the Ladies” (March 31 & April 5, 1776)
August 28th: <\/strong>de Cr\u00e8vecoeur [krev-kur], J. Hector St. John.<\/strong> “What is an American?”<\/a><\/a><\/strong> (1782)
                 Discussion Post #1<\/span><\/strong><\/strong>

September 2nd: Madison, James.<\/strong> The U.S. Constitution (1789)<\/a>
September 4th: <\/strong>de Tocqueville, Alexis. <\/strong>“Chapter 9:<\/a> On the Principal Causes Tending to Maintain a Democratic Republic” (1835)
                    Discussion Post #2<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 9th: <\/strong>Washington, George.<\/strong> Farewell Address (1796)<\/a>
September 11th: No Class Meeting\u2014Test #1 on Canvas<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 16th: <\/strong>Rosen, Jeffrey. <\/strong>\u201cOrder\u201d from The Pursuit of Happiness<\/em> (2024)<\/a>
September 18th: The Bill of Rights<\/a>
              Discussion Post #3<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 23rd: Key Amendments, <\/strong>especially the Twenty-Seventh (XXVII) Amendment to the Constitution (1992)<\/a>
September 25th: Madison, James. Federalist Paper #10<\/a>
              Discussion Post #4<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 30th: Madison, James. Federalist Paper #51<\/a><\/strong>
October 2nd: Hamilton, Alexander. Federalist Paper #78<\/a>
              Discussion Post #5<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 7th: No Class Meeting\u2014MIDTERM on Canvas<\/a><\/strong>
October 9th: Fall Break\u2014No Class Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 14th: It’s not the answer but the question…<\/a><\/strong>
October 16th: Revolutions, Civil War, Stability<\/a><\/strong>
              Discussion Post #6<\/span><\/strong><\/strong>–still the same even with the adjustments<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 21st: Civil War Stuff<\/a><\/strong>
             Stowe, Harriet Beecher. <\/strong>“In Which it Appears that a Senator is but a Man” from Uncle Tom’s Cabin<\/em> (1852)<\/strong>
             Lincoln, Abraham. <\/strong>The Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
             Lincoln, Abraham. <\/strong>The Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863)
October 23rd: Bryan, William Jennings. “Cross of Gold” (1896)<\/a><\/strong>
              Discussion Post #7<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 28th: Catching up on a few things<\/a><\/strong>
October 30th: King, Martin Luther, Jr. <\/strong>“Letter from Birmingham Jail” (1963)<\/a>
              Discussion Post #8<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 4th: In-Class Assignment<\/a><\/strong> (replaces the Debate Showcase response)
November 6th: No Class Meeting\u2014Test #2 on Canvas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 11th: No Class Meeting<\/a>\u2014Veteran’s Day<\/strong>
November 13th: Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/a><\/strong> {Moved from October 30th}<\/span>
              News Conference<\/a> (June 17, 1953)<\/strong>
              Farewell Address<\/a> (January 17, 1961)<\/strong>
               Chavez, Cesar E. <\/strong>“United We Shall Stand: Delano Manifesto” (1966)
              Discussion Post #9<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 18th: Catch-up on Communism and Eisenhower<\/a><\/strong>
November 20th: Powell, Lewis F., Jr., “The Memo” (1971), excerpt pp. 1-20<\/a><\/strong>
              Le Guin, Ursula K. “A Left-Handed Commencement Address”<\/strong> (1983)
              Discussion Post #10<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 25th: No Class Meeting<\/strong> {Jump ahead to Dec. 2nd’s webpage<\/strong> and watch the videos)
November 27th: No Class Meeting\u2014Thanksgiving Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 2: Last Day of Class<\/a><\/strong>
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Reagan, Ronald W. <\/strong>“Farewell Address to the Nation” (1989)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 9: No Class Meeting\u2014Final Exam on Canvas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AMDM 1575-110 “Engaging with American Democracy” Syllabus (Fall 2025)Assignments on Canvas August 19th: Introduction to classAugust 21st: The Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) August 26th: The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (May 20, 1775)                  Abigail Adams to John Adams “Remember the Ladies” (March 31 & April 5, 1776)August […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":598,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11703","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2HAOx-32L","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/598"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11703"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12409,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11703\/revisions\/12409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}