American Foreign Policy By monty15x Sep 16, 1796 George Washington's Farewell Address "No Entangling Alliances" Jun 18, 1812 War of 1812 Begins Aug 19, 1897 The Cold War comes to an end Feb 15, 1898 The USS Maine Explodes in Havana Harbor Apr 25, 1898 The U.S Declares War on Spain Aug 12, 1898 The Spanish American War Ends Jun 28, 1914 World War I Begins Apr 16, 1917 The US Enters WWI Nov 19, 1919 The US Senate refuses to allow the US the League of Nations Sep 1, 1939 World War II Begins Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor is Attacked Apr 5, 1945 World War II Ends Apr 25, 1945 The United Nations is Created Jul 12, 1947 The Marshall Plan is Approved by Congress Jun 24, 1948 Berlin Airlift Begins Apr 4, 1949 NATO is created Jun 25, 1950 Communist North Korea attacks South Korea Jun 27, 1950 The Chinese enter the Korean War Jul 5, 1953 A Truce Ending the Korean War is Signed May 14, 1955 The Warsaw Pact is Created Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion Aug 13, 1961 The Soviet Union Starts Building the Berlin Wall Oct 10, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Takes Place Aug 10, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution is passed by Congress Jan 30, 1968 The Tet Offensive Begins Apr 5, 1974 Last American Troops are withdrawn from Vietnam Nov 4, 1979 The Iranian Hostage Crisis Takes Place Jun 13, 1990 Berlin Wall is torn down Aug 2, 1990 Iraq Invades Kuwait Feb 28, 1991 The 1st Persian Gulf War Comes to an End Sep 11, 2001 9/11 Terrorist Attacks Take Place Oct 7, 2001 The US begins attack Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan Mar 20, 2003 The US Invades Iraq
