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The U.S. in World Affairs
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Korean War
American Troops help defend South Korea -
Bay of Pigs
sponsored invasion of Cuba fails -
Cuban Missle Crisis
U.S. forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba -
S.A.L.T.
Nixon visits China and Soviet Union sign the Stratigic Arms Limitations Treaty -
OPEC
places an embargo on oil -
Paris Peace Accord
Ending U.S. involvment in Vietnam -
Panama Canal
U.S. signs treaty agreeing to return the Canal Zone -
Camp David Accords
President Jimmy Carter Sponsors peace talks between Egypt and Israel -
U.S. and China
U.S. has full diplomatic relations with China -
S.A.L.T. II
In response to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, U.S. places an embargo on sales of American grain to Soviet Unio, boycotts Moscow Olympic Games, and delays completion of SALT II -
Reagan
Reagen orders invasion of Grenada after a Marxist revoution in that Caribbean Nation -
Iran Weapons Deal
American public learns that the U.S. has sold weapons to Iran -
Good Ol' Bush
Bush and Gorbachev hold a summit in Washington DC -
Invading Panama
U.S. invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega -
Persian Gulf War
U.S.-led multinational force ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait -
Attack on the U.S.
The U.S. is attacked on our own ground by Al Queada