Unit Two Flashcards
(21 cards)
The worlds oldest fraternal organization
The freemasons
Individual over time moving up ranks
Called degrees
mason degrees
entered apprentice, fellow craft, and master mason
mason’s - founding fathers - declaration of independence
Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, William Ellery, Joseph Hewes, William Hooper, Robert Treat Paine, Richard Stockton, George walton, and William whipple
presidents
Andrew jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Lyndon johnson
In 1828 the first 3rd party in American political history
Anti masonic party
The enduring legacy of the Anti masonic movement in American history was the
Introduction of the political conventions, for the selection of presidential candidates
it “required that active ingredients be placed on the label of a drugs packaging
The Pure Food and Drug Act
banning opiates and cocaine
Harrison Act
Prohibition
18th Amendment
for 60 years conspiracy theorists criminalized cannabis
William Randolph Hearst
Truman doctrine
prevent the spread of communism
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
During the Vietnam war, helped transform the opium economy ___ a large and profitable heroin economy
Golden triangle
An american passenger + cargo Arline established in 1946 + covertly owned + operated by the CIA
Air america
CIA will be cut out of the Golden triangle trade
With americas withdraw from Vietnam
The Medellin cartel
Pablo escobar
The American backed dictator - Manuel noriega
panama
Early 80s cocaine - was ground zero
Miami
Exposed the CIA’s role - use of the contra’s to transport cocaine shipments
iran contra scandal
The United States invaded Panama
Operation just cause
