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The U.S. in World Affairs

By coolmedena25
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    US in World Affairs

  • Korean War

    Korean War

    American troops help defend South Korea
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs

    US- sponsored invation of Cuba fails
  • Cuban Missle Crisis

    Cuban Missle Crisis

    US forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear missles from Cuba
  • US build up of troops in Vietnam War

    US build up of troops in Vietnam War

  • Nixon signs SALT

    Nixon signs SALT

    President Nixon visits China an Soviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Stratigic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)
  • Parris Peace Accords signed

    Parris Peace Accords signed

    This Treaty ends the US involvement in the Vietnam War
  • OPEC places embargo on oil to US

    OPEC places embargo on oil to US

    OPEC places an embargo on oil to US because of the nation's support on Israel in October War
  • US signs treaty agreeing to return Canal Zone to Panama

    US signs treaty agreeing to return Canal Zone to Panama

  • Camp David Accords

    Camp David Accords

  • US establishes full diplomatic relations with China

  • US places embargo on slaes of American grain to Soviet Union

  • Ronald Reagan orders invasion of Grenada

  • Iran Weapons Deal

    Iran Weapons Deal

  • US invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega

    US invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega

  • Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washington DC

    Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washington DC

  • Persian Gulf War

    Persian Gulf War

  • Attack on US- the War on Terror

    Attack on US- the War on Terror