American Government

1. Read the readings for week 1.

2. Answer the questions below and number your answers. Your answers should draw heavily on the readings, and key points should be fully explained.

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QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED
1. What seemed to be the five or six most consequential failures of Donald Trump and his administration after the covid-19 crisis emerged in late 2019?

2. What federal agencies might have been able to reduce the toll of the pandemic in the U.S., had they worked well?

3. What federal government agencies and officials tried to warn Trump of the pandemic threat, extending back as far as early January 2020?

CITATIONS
If you only use assigned readings, you can only need to provide a brief citation (in the text). If you use quotations, the brief citation needs to follow the quote (the brief citation is in parentheses, after the closing quotation mark and before the period). Otherwise, the brief citation can simply come at the end of the sentence, immediately before the period. Brief citations should include author last name and year; if no author, use the title and year (if no year, type “n.d.,” which means that there was no date provided). More details can be found in the links on the library citation pages or the Chicago Manual of Style citation guide page.