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The United States in World Affairs

By courtneyshock
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    American troops help defend South Korea
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs

    U.S. sponsored invasion of cuba fails
  • Cuban Missile crisis

    Cuban Missile crisis

    U.S. forces Societ Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba
  • U.S. build-up of troops in Vietnam war

    U.S. build-up of troops in Vietnam war

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

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

  • Paris peace accords are signed ending the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War

    Paris peace accords are signed ending the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War

  • OPEC places an embargo on oil to U.S. involvement in Vietnam war

    OPEC places an embargo on oil to U.S. involvement in Vietnam war

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

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

  • Camp David Accords

    Camp David Accords

    President jimmy Carter sponsors peace talks between Egypt and Isreal
  • U.S establishes full diplomatic relations with China

    U.S establishes full diplomatic relations with China

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

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

  • President Ronald Reagan orders invasion o Grenada after a Marxist revolution in the Caribbean nation

    President Ronald Reagan orders invasion o Grenada after a Marxist revolution in the Caribbean nation

  • Iran Weapons deal

    Iran Weapons deal

    American public learns the U.S. secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of gaining relese of American hostages in Lebanon
  • U.S. invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega

    U.S. invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega

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

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

  • Persian Gulf War

    Persian Gulf War

    U.S. led multination force ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait
  • Attack on the U.S.

    Attack on the U.S.

    the war on terror