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American troops help defend South Korea; Prevent the spread of communism to other neighboring countries
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U.S. sponsored invasion of Cuba fails; JFK doesn't send the army in to assist them so makes them look weak to the rest of the world
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U.S. build up of troops in Vietnam war; people back at home start questioning the war since it's not an immediate threat against us
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U.S. forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba; U.S makes a deal to remove their missiles from Turkey if the Soviets remove theirs from Cuba
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Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT); ends the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union
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Ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam War; deciding that the loss of life was becoming to great, The U.S. decided to leave the war
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OPEC places an embargo on oil to U.S. because of the nation's support for Israel in October War; Most countries didn't like how the United States supplied arms for Israel
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The United States signed a treaty agreeing to return Canal Zone and control of canal to Panama by 1999; Since the U.S. obtained control of the canal during a revolution it was time to return it back to the people
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President Jimmy Carter sponsors peace talks between Egypt and Israel; Jimmy Carter stated that neither men were leaving until an agreement is made
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U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with China; Since China has a high marketing factories the U.S. formed an agreement with China
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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; Basically a complete boycott of anything Russian so that they would accept their punishment
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President Ronald Reagan orders invasion of Grenada after a Marxist revolution in that Caribbean nation; Forces were sent in to snuff the growing rebellion so close to the United Slates
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American public learns that U.S. secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of gaining release of American hostages in Lebanon; A risk that was taken simply for the release of innocent American lives
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United States invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega; was meant to safeguard democracy and basic human rights
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Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washington, D.C; meeting was designed to change Germany's standings in Europe
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U.S. led multinational forces ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait; was a despite over the land of Kuwait and to who it belonged to
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Attack on the Untied States, considered the War on Terror; Opened the worlds eyes to the extremists efforts of 21st century terrorists
