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Korean War
American troops help deffend South Korea against communist North Korea; attacked on the 38th Parellel -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
U.S. Sponsored invasion of cuba that failed. Kennedy's plan to throw out Cuban President Fidel Castro by backing cuban rebels trained by the US. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
US forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear warheads from Cuba by blockading Cuba with American Naval ships -
Strategic Arms Limitations Agreement Treaty (SALT)
President Nixon visits China and Soviet Union; Nixon and Brezhnev sigh agreement -
Paris Peace Accords
Treaty intended to establish peace in Vietnam and an end to the Vietnam War -
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1973 Oil Crisis
OPEC places an embargo on oil to US because of the nations support for israel in October War -
Panama Canal Treaty
Treaty signed by President Carter promising to give control of canal to the Panamanians by the year 2000 -
Camp David Accords
Agreement signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin; signed at the white house witnessed by President Jimmy Carter -
US-Chinese relations
Both countries established emabassies in each others countries -
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Soviet-Afghan War
In response to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, US places embargo on sales of American Grain to Soviet Union, boycotts moscow Olympic Games, and delays completion of SALT II -
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Invasion of Grenada
President Ronald Reagan orders inasion of Grenada after a Marxist revolution in that carbbean nation -
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Iran-Contra Affair
Iran weapons deal- American Public learns that US secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of gaining release of American hostages in Lebananon -
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Invasion of Panama
US invades panama and captures Manuel Noriega -
Summit in Washington
Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in washington, DC to discuss Germanys membership in NATO -
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Persian Gulf War
US led forces to end Iraqi occupation of Kuwait -
9/11
Terrorist attack by Taliban on US in New york City. Flew planes into world trade center