Writing Homework Help

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………INSTRUCTIONS FOR GOVT 2305 Research Paper, Spring 2021

January 6, 2021: The Assault on the U.S. Capitol and the U.S. Congress

Prof. John Ben Sutter

Spring, 2021

This project is worth 25% of your total grade. Please follow these instructions. Write your responses on a Microsoft Word document in the form of an essay. Then copy and transfer the essay to the space provided on the assignment submission page. You do not need to make this a formal essay with APA or MLA footnotes, or endnotes or a title page. You can make this an informal essay and simply write your answers to these questions in paragraph form providing an informal citation (For example: In the Wall Street Journal article. . .According to the Bill Moyer’s article. . .). Try to use your 1,200-word count wisely. The 1,200-word count is a minimum word count requirement. You may go beyond that if you wish. You’ll be penalized if your essay is shorter than 1,200 words. Explain your responses fully. You do not need any other articles or research. You may limit yourself to the research I have provided you. Use all of these articles at least once in your essay. Use your best grammar, syntax, spelling sentence structure, and language usage. If you quote an article, make sure you use quotation marks and simply reference your source. You are not required to use any sources not stated here in the instructions, but you may do so if you wish to do so, using additional articles based on your own research.

I know how much stress you are under. Do not have drama about this. Read the sources and work your way through it a little at a time. I know you have but a little more than a couple of weeks to accomplish this and I am taking all that into consideration. We have all had a terrible year. We are going to get through this.

Some of you may not have been aware that there is a paper assignment but it was in your syllabus.

You’re going to do fine on this assignment. Don’t stress it. I am on your side.

Let me know if you have questions about the assignment.

Address the following questions in your essay:

• Describe what happened when Trump loyalists stormed the U.S. Capitol.
• What was the purpose of the attack on the U.S. Capitol?
• What were the rioters attempting to accomplish?
• What were the rioters trying to do with regard to the Electoral College vote?
• Who was involved in the attack?
• What did the protestors believe?
• What did President Trump say to protestors? What did protestors say about President Trump?
• What has been the reaction in the nation resulting from this event?

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Use ALL of the 7 articles below in your paper at least once:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) This article gives up-to-date information and is a well-documented source for information.

https://billmoyers.com/story/insurrection-timeline-first-the-coup-and-then-the-cover-up-updated/ (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) Insurrection Timeline — First the Coup and Then the Cover-Up

https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-trump-said-to-supporters-on-jan-6-before-their-capitol-riot-11610498173 (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)What Trump Said to Supporters on Jan. 6 Before Their Capitol Riot

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/01/07/historians-and-political-scientists-react-wednesdays-siege-capitol’ (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)Far Worse Than Nixon’

(The following articles are by seasoned historians and political scientists who struggled to digest the Wednesday siege on the Capitol — then offered scathing critiques of Trump and his extremist supporters and “enablers.”)

https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=abspencer (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)Dean A. Benjamin Spencer: A Message to the William & Mary Law School Community About E School Community About Events on January on January 6 in Washington, D.C.

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306169 (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) The Fascist Threat.

https://iiss.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00396338.2021.1881247 (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) Trump’s Insurrection and America’s Year of Living Dangerously Steven Simon

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Be sure to read over your paper carefully after completing it, reviewing it closely, correcting any problems in your paper. I recommend you read it to a friend or a family member you trust and see if they understand what story about this incident you sought to tell. Make any corrections after your proof-reading.

After proof-reading and editing your final draft, you are to highlight your completed essay, copy, and paste it onto the submission site to turn it in to me for grading. While you should use double-spacing when writing your paper (in order to be able to read it closely and correct it carefully upon completing it), when you highlight, copy, and paste the essay onto the submission site, Canvas will automatically convert it to a single-spaced document. I cannot change that function…it is a flaw in how Canvas does this but it cannot be changed on my end. I will receive your essay as single-spaced document.