The U.S. in World Affairs

By diland33
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    American Troops help defend South Korea
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs

    U.S. sponsored invasion of Cuba fails.
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    U.S. building up troops in Vietnam War
  • SALT

    SALT

    President Nixon visits China and Soviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty.
  • Paris Peace Accords

    Paris Peace Accords

    Paris Peace Accords are signed, this ends the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
  • October War

    October War

    OPEC places an embargo on oil to the U.S. because of the nation's support for Israel in October War
  • Panama Canal Treaty

    Panama Canal Treaty

    U.S. signs a treaty agreeing to return the canal zone and control of canal to Panama by 1999
  • Camp David Accords

    Camp David Accords

    President Jimmy Carter sponsors peace talks between Egypt and Israel
  • U.S./ China

    U.S./ China

    U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with China.
  • SALT II

    SALT II

    Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, U.S. places an embargo onsales of American grain to Soviet Union, Boycotts Moscow Olympic Games, and delays
  • Reagan Invasion

    Reagan Invasion

    President Ronald Reagan orders invasion of Grenada after a Marxist revolution in that Caribbean nation
  • Iran Weapons Deal

    Iran Weapons Deal

    American public learns that U.S. secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of gaining release of American hostages
  • Panama Invasion

    Panama Invasion

    U.S. invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega
  • Summit in D.C.

    Summit in D.C.

    Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in the nations capital
  • Persian Gulf War

    Persian Gulf War

    U.S. led multinational force ends Iraq occupation of Kuwait
  • Attack on the U.S.

    Attack on the U.S.

    The war on terror, twin towers were attacked by terrorists