Zinn: Chapter 13
Brzesinski
Carter's national security advisor
"Peanut Farmer"
nickname for Jimmy Carter
Aid to Families with Dependent Children
organization that provided food stamps and health care through medicaid
Andrew Young
young civil rights activist appointed by Carter to United Nations
Sam Brown
young former antiwar activist appointed by Carter as heading the domestic youth service corps
Alan Richman
Author of Boston Globe, said American's reactions to the hostages in Tehran who were not even injured was "disproportional" to the ignorance of other, more intense human rights violations around the world
Invasion of Panama (Dec 1989)
Bush administration invaded to take down dictator and drug trafficker of Panama
Gulf War
Bush's plan for a 'short, successful war" and to gain control of Middle East Oil, but public was told it was to liberate Kuwait from Iraq's control
Harold Brown
Carter's secretary of defense
Casper Weinberger
Name of Secretary f Defense under Reagan who lied about the star wars tests and said the last one worked
Rehnquist Court
New court system that weakened Roe v Wade, renewed death penalty, and took away education as a fundamental right
Occupational Safety and Health Act 1970
Passed by Nixon, gave the universal right to a safe workplace
"Star Wars"
Reagan spent billions to build a shield in space to stop enemy nuclear missiles in midair- all tests failed
Multinationalists
U.S. corporations that earned 40% of net profit outside of the US
Muammar Qaddafi
U.S. tried to bomb leader of Libya when a bomb was dropped in Berlin, killing an American workingman. But bomb dropped in city of Tripoli and did not touch him
Ray Benavidez
Vietnam war hero who was given the congressional medal of honor by Reagan, later told by Social Security officials he needed to work with shrapnel pieces in his body- not an excuse
South Africa
What country did Carter want to improve its treatment of blacks because he wanted stable government for their resources and he thought a civil war would threaten this?
Iran Contra Affair
When Reagan wanted to overthrow the Sandanista gov in Nicaragua, the US sold weapons to Iran in exchange for the release of American hostages, and profits made were sent to contras in Nic. to buy arms
Secretary of State James Baker
Who did Bush tell "no negotiations" when he went to meet the the ambassador Faria Aziz at Geneva
Shah
Who did Carter offer support to that caused American hostages to be held in Tehran, Iran?
Kissinger
Who started policy of cutbacks in aid to nations who sided against the US in votes in the United Nations?
"The destruction was mutual"
Why did Carter not give aid to the reconstruction of Vietnam?
Patricia Harris
black women appointed by Carter as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
"Nuke Iran"
bumper sticker that appeared when hostages were being held in Tehran
Milliken v. Bradley
court decision that ruled the busing of children shouldn't be between wealthy suburbs and inner cities
San Antonio School District v. Rodriguez
court decision that stated there should not be equal funds between poor and rich schools
John Kerry and Ted Kennedy
democrats who supported US's invasion into Panama and regaining of the country
Gen Manuel Noriega
dictator of Panama
"smart bombs"
laser bombs that gained war support from Americans
William Rehnquist
man appointed chief justice of the supreme court under Reagan
Archbishop Oscar Romero
man in El Salvador who asked Carter to stop military aid in El Salvador- Carter ignored and US National Guard opened fire on protestors at Metropolitan Cathedral killing 24, Romero was assassinated a month later
Clarence Thomas
man who replaced Thurgood Marshall in the supreme court, despite file of sexual harassment placed against him
Harry Rostizke
once the CIA direction of espionage operations against the Soviet Union, said U.S's large spending on military aid in protection from Soviet Union was unnecessary
Dismissed masses of striking air traffic controllers
one of Reagan's first acts
Clean Air Act 1990
passed by Bush- weakened when Environmental Protection Agency allowed manufacturers to use more sources that released more polutants
Coal Mine Health and Safety Act 1969
passed in response to Western Virginia explosion and protests that followed
June Jordan
poet who compared the American's victory in Gulf War to "a hit of crack... doesn't last long"
"No blood for Oil!"
protests against the war when congress voted to support it
Senator Sam Nunn
senator of Georgia that showed democratic party criticism of Iran-Contra Affair
Robert D'Aubuissian
suspected man in charge of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero
Contras
the CIA-formed counter revolutionaries in Nicaragua
Desert Storm
the U.S. official launch of war when Saddam Hussein refused to leave Kuwait when ordered to
Nicolas Carranza and Elliot Abrahams
two men of CIA and secretary of human rights who stated D'Aubuissian had no involvement in the assassination of Archbishop Romero
Pope John Paul II
who attributed the wealthy class for causing the ecological crisis in the US during Carter/Reagan/Bush
Kevin Phillips
who said the democratic party was "history's second most enthusiastic capitalist party"
Anita Hill
woman who accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment
Bernard Guertzmans
writer for NY Times who said the U.S. intervened in Caribbean island of Grenada not to help the medical students in time of coup, but by desire in Washington
Raymond Bonner
writer removed by the NY Times for writing about the massacre at El Mozote
