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South Vietnam refugees immigrate to the US.
The Vietnam War ended in communism, leading the U.S. to take in about one million refugees, or "boat people", from South Vietnam. More immigrated to Canada, Austrailia, Japan, and the Philipines. This lasted until around 1995. -
Camp David Accords
U.S. President Jimmy Carter wanted a peace treaty to be signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. After the 13 day meeting, both Egyptian President and Israeli Prime Minister signed the treaty. -
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Soviet-Afghan War
During the war, President Reagan created the Reagan Doctrine, which stated that the U.S. wanted to support anti-Soviet grounds and anti-communist groups in Afghanistan. This doctrine would fulfill their Containment policy and reduce the Soviets power around that region. -
SALT II Treaty Signed
President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed it. The treaty dealt with the limitations of nuclear weapons and was never fully in effect due to Russian troops invading Afghanistan. -
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Iran Hostage Crisis
Involving Iran and the U.S., 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days by Iranian students who supported the Iranian Revolution. Negotiations failed to release the hostages and President Jimmy Carter ordered the military to attempt to rescue the hostages, but failed. -
The U.S. Boycotts the Russian Olympics
Russia invaded Afghanistan, leaving U.S. President Jimmy Carter to announce that Russia will be given one month to withdraw their troops and if they don't the U.S. will boycott the Summer Olympics in Moscow. Soon after the U.S. made the announcement, Canada, Chine, the Philipines, and Argentina also announced they would boycott the Olympics if Russia withdrew their troop. The U.S. also spent $38 billion in sending weapons to Afghanistan. -
The Strategic Defense Initiative
The SDI (Or Star Wars) was created by President Reagan to increase military spending, and it increases the tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Uninion. -
Nuclear Weapons Treaty Signed
Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, called for an immediate sign of a treaty with the U.S. that got rid of nuclear missiles from Europe. After months and months of negotiations, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (or the INF) was signed in December on that year. -
Tear Down This Wall!
Ronald Reagan addressed the Berlin Wall as an issue before, mentioning it during his visits (asking questions like "Why is the wall there?"). His speech on the Berlin Wall wasn't popular until after the Soviets let the wall fall. -
The Persian Gulf War
The U.S. and the U.N. fought Iraq because they invaded and annexed Kuwait. Eventually, on Marth 10th of 1991 U.S. started to withdraw from the Gulf after Kuwait was liberated. -
The Two Plus Four Treaty
This treaty included West and East Germany, the U.S., the Soviet Union, France and Great Britain to bring West and East Germany back together. It also got rid of the power the four nations had on Germany. -
The Somalia Intervention
President George H.W. Bush ordered combat troops to enter Somalia to protect aid workers from the UN during a 'civil war' type war. After American troops were stationed there, more troops from different countries were also stationed there to help Somalia's starving population. -
START II
The Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty was signed by President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Boris Yeltsin. The treaty's main purpose was to reduce and limit offensive and strategic arms. The U.S. Senate ratified it on the 26th of January in 1996, but Russia withdrew from the treaty because the U.S. withdrew from the ABM Treaty. -
NAFTA
The North American Free Trade Agreement was signed into law by President Clinton. It was a treaty between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada that got rid of tariffs on trades between the three countries and encouraged economic activity between them. Jobs that were initially in the U.S. were moved to Mexico, due to lower wages and no taxes were being put on the products. -
The ABM Treaty
The Anti-Ballistic Missle Treaty involved the U.S.and the Soviet Union. The treaty limited the use of anti-ballistic missiles. No specific date is given on when it was signed. each nation would be limited to 100 missiles and two ABM (activity based management) complexes. Even though it was originally signed in 1972, four former Soviet republics decided to succeed the role in the treaty, and it was terminated in 2002.
