The United States in Word Affairs

By jonah326

  • Korean War

    American troops help defend South Korea
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    The United Staes in World Affairs

  • Bay of Pigs

    U. S. sponsored invasion of Cuba fails

  • Mid Vietnam War

    U.S build up of troops in Vietnam War

  • Signing of SALT

    President Nixon visits China and Soviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)

  • Peace Paris Accords

    Paris Peace Accords are signed, ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam war

  • OPEC embargo

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

  • Return Treaty of Canal Zone

    U.S signs treaty agreeing to return Canal Zone and control of canal to Panama by 1999

  • Camp David Accords

    President Jimmy Carter sponsors peace talks between Egypt and Israel

  • Diplomatic Relations with China

    U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with China

  • Grain Embargo

    In response to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, U.S. places an embargo on sales of American grain to Soviet Union, boycotts Moscow Olympic Games, and delays completion of SALT II

  • Invasion of Greanada

    President Ronald Reagan orders invasion of Grenada after Marxist revolution in that Caribbean nation

  • Iran Weapons deal

    American public learns that U.S. secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of graining release of American hostages in Lebanon

  • U.S. captures Manuel Noriega

    U.S. invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega

  • Malta Summit

    Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washington, D.C.

  • Persian Gulf War

    U.S. led multinational force ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait