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Korean War
American troops help defend South Korea to stop the spread of communism. Also known as the "forgotten war". Although major combat ended in 1953, U.S. troops are still stationed there to ensure the peace. It resulted in the split of Korea into Communist North and Democratic South. -
Bay of Pigs
The U.S. president, Kennedy sponsored an invasion on Cuba that fails. Kennedy refused to send all of the U.S. military and resulted in the failure of this invasion. -
The Build-up of Troops in Vietnam War
Kennedy sends 5,000 Marines and 50 fighter jets in response to communists attacks in Laos is on example of the build-up of troops. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The U.S. forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba that are pointed at the U.S. In response, the Soviet Union forces the U.S. to remove our nuclear missiles from Turkey that are pointed at them. -
SALT
President Richard Nixon visits China and Soviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty. -
Paris Peace Accords
The Paris Peace Accords are signed, ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam War. This was a National Security event during the Cold War. -
OPEC Embargo
OPEC places an embargo on oil to U.S. because of the nation's support for Israel In October War. -
Torrijos-Carter Treaties
The U.S. signs this treaty agreeing to return the Canal Zone and control of the canal back to the country of Panama by 1999. -
Camp David Accords
President Jimmy Carter sponsors peace talks between Egypt and Israel to end hostility between the two nations. The agreement provided Israeli evacuation from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, basis for a final peace agreement to be signed, and achieving peace throughout the Middle East. -
Diplomatic Relations with China
The U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with China. The U.S. had to end its diplomatic relations with Taiwan, take our military out of Taiwan, and end the Mutual Defense Treaty. -
Embargo on Grain to Soviet Union
In response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: the U.S. places an embargo on sales of American grain to the Soviet Union, boycotts the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, and delays completion of SALT II. -
Invasion of Grenada
President Ronald Reagan orders invasion of Grenada after a Marxist revolution in that Caribbean nation. The U.S. won after a few weeks. -
Iran Weapons Deal
The American public learns that the U.S. secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of gaining release of American hostages in Lebanon. -
U.S. Invasion Panama
The U.S. invades Panama with the intent to overthrow their military leader, Manuel Noriega. He was indicted for drug trafficking, accused crushing democracy, and endangering U.S. nationals. The U.S. ended with a victory. Code named "Operation Just Cause". -
Summit in Washington, D.C.
United States President Bush and Soviet leader Gorbachev hold summit in Washington, D.C. Meeting was centered around Germany and its place in a changing Europe. -
Persian Gulf War
The U.S. led a multinational force against Iraq to free Kuwait. Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, defied the United Nations Security Council demands to leave Kuwait. This resulted in a massive U.S.- led air offensive called Operation Desert Storm. The end result is the loss of Iraqi occupation in Kuwait. -
9/11 Attack on U.S.
A terrorist attack on the U.S. in New York City. Al-Qaeda related terrorists hijacked planes that flew into the Twin Towers that held part of the World Trade Center. The twin towers were destroyed and 2,996 people were killed and over 6,000 were wounded.
