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American Troops helped defend South Korea
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American Troops help defend South Korea
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U.S. build up of troops in Vietnam war
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U.S. sponsored invasion of Cuba fails.
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U.S. foreces Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba
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President Nixon visits China and Soviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty. (SALT)
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OPEC places an embargo on oil to U.S. because of the nation's support for Israel in October War
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Paris Peace Accords are signed, ending U.S. involvement in the4 Vietnam War
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U.S. signs treaty agreeing to return Canal Zone and control of canal to Panama by 1999
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President Jimmy Carter sponsers peace talks between Egypt and Israel.
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In reponse U.S, places and embargo on sales of American grain to Soviet Union, boycotts Moscow olympic Games, and delays completion of SALT II.
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U.S establishes full diplomatic relations with China.
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Ronald Reagan orders invasion of Grenada after a Marxist revolution in that Caribbean Nation.
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American public learns that U.S. secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of gaining release of American Hostages in Lebanon.
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U.S. invades panama and captured Manuel Noriega
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Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washington D.C.
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U.S. led multinational force ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait.
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The War on Terrorism.
