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1980's Topics 7th Period1980's Topics 8th Period U.S Invasion of Panama & Manuel Noriega Created by Annie Trexler MULTIMEDIA media type="custom" key="13260688" ^ Glogster Task One: DESCRIBE YOUR TOPIC

The 1989 invasion of Panama by the United States was one of the most noteworthy acts of the George H. W. Bush presidency. It all started on December 16th, 1989. On this day, threats were made towards Americans in the Panama Canal Zone. These threats soon grew violent and one U.S. soldier was killed. (Cooper, CQ Researcher). One life is all it took for the United States Military to get involved. “Bush had a variety of reasons for the invasion, including protecting Americans in Panama, halting Panamanian drug trafficking, protecting U.S. positions in the Canal Zone, and helping restore democracy in Panama” (Panama invasion, Salem History).

The U.S.invasion of Panama was known as Operation Just Cause, and was a result of a falling out between two nations. In the late 1980s, Panama was run by a dictator, General Manuel Noriega. He had obtained power through rigging the voting for presidential elections. During his time as “president,” he was very involved in the drug trade, and helped traffickers move drugs through Panama and into America. However, in 1989, Noriega was unable to rig another election. (Noriega Capture and Trial, Salem History). As a result, he put a “puppet president” in place to win so that even thought someone else was elected president; they would still follow his views.

__Task Two:__ EVALUATE YOUR TOPICS INFLUENCE  The crimes that Manuel Noriega committed had the potential to not only affect the United States government, but also its citizens. According to Michael S. Frawley, he was allowing drug traffickers to pass through Panama and into the U.S. freely (The Nineties in America, Salem History). This added to the already problematic drug circulation in America. By being a part of the transfer of drugs from other nations to and from America, Noriega received hefty funds. He didn't want to give up the power of dictator and decided that in order to step down [and make the people happy] he could just use appoint a leader of his choosing and tell them what to do. Salem Press states that "Noriega invalidated election results and appointed an acting president of his choosing" (The Eighties in America, Salem History). At first, the United States didn't get involved with Panama. They knew Noriega was a dictator, but recognized him as just a "leader" (Panama Invasion, Salem History). However, "his involvement in the transportation of cocaine across the Panamanian border made him a target in the U.S. war on drugs" (Noriega capture and trial, Salem History). As a result of his actions, American courts "declared [him] a guilty rebel" and didn't second guess throwing him in jail (Noriega Hearing, NewsBank).

Task Three: JUDGE THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL & ASSOCIATIO  The invasion of Panama (1989) under the commands of President Bush was much needed. Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was placed on trial in the U.S. on charges that he laundered drug money. He was accused of being paid millions by the Medellin drug cartel in Columbia to protect cocaine and money shipments.(Wire Staff, CNN). This was a huge accomplishment for America because they had eliminated a major importer of most of the countries illegal drugs.

 Noriega was also well known by the Panamanians for being a cruel dictator and was said to be responsible for several murders (Noriega Hearing, NewsBank). Witnesses testified that he had indeed killed off his political opponents to ensure his spot as dictator. His reign lasted from 1983-1989 until the U.S. discovered his ties to Colombian cocaine traffickers. Noriega was sentenced to two-decades in prison. However he's been moved from Florida to France, and then back to panama where he later died. (Reuters, Chicago Tribune). During these 20 years, Noriega's attorneys never gave up their fight to have Manuel Noriega released due to medical reasons and good behavior reported by his family and followers.

Manuel Noriega was an **eventful hero**. He took an opportunity which required selling a product that was popular at the time to make a profit out of it. Anyone with the means and determination he had could have set up a private drug trade if they wanted to. People have also been successful at doing the same thing; this includes killing off a few people to gain political power. Noriega was not born a leader, his will and actions throughout his life led him to be one (Reference Handout Sheet, In-Class).

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Encyclopedic sources are not acceptable for this task.
 * Great Man Criteria || ** 5=long-run ** || ** 4=wide-spread ** || ** 3=moderate ** || ** 2=short run ** || ** 1=little effect ** || ** 0=not at all ** ||
 * ** SIGNIFICANCE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT ** ||  || x (country wide) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** ENDURANCE OF LEGACY ** ||  ||   ||   || x (others will/have done what he's so well known for) ||   ||   ||
 * ** EXTENT OF INFLUENCE ** ||  || x (other money makers get ideas) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** IMPACT ON DAILY LIFE ** ||  ||   || x (affected a growing population of drug users/consumers) ||   ||   ||   ||

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 21px; text-align: center;">Great Man Continuum

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Great --Event Making --Eventful --Social

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Men -Hero ---Hero -x--Determinism

Works Cited: http://articles.cnn.com/2010-04-27/justice/noriega.extradition_1_manuel-noriega-noriega-s-extradition-new-trial?_s=PM:CRIME

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-panamanoriegal1e8elwzu-20120321,0,5401594.story

www.InfOhio.com/Newsbank_NoriegaHearing

www.SalemPress.com/eightiesinamerica/PanamaInvasion

www.SalemPress.com/eightiesinamerica

www.SalemPress.com/ninetiesinamerica

www.SalemPress.com/NoriegaCaptureAndTrial

www.SalemPress.com.seventiesinamerica

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">**A quality topic post for the 1980s assignment will** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Need Help Applying the Great Man Theory? ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">When deciding where a person may fit on the continuum, think about what society was like at the time he/she was famous. Did the person change history because of their personal characteristics, or would history have gone on in a similar way without this person? Civil Society Defined Great Man Continuum
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Arrange Media to enhance and extend the significance of the topic to the 1980s decade.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Support the main idea in <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">each paragraph with evidence from 3 different sources.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Select <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">only signed sources from the LC databases.
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 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Credit sources with internal citations, <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">( Author's Last Name).
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">List all 7 sources alphabetically in the Works Cited. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Format in MLA style.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Complete Great Man Continuum and Table.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Justify the placement of your topic on the continuum using the evidence from the 7 sources to support your analysis of the 4 criteria.
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