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Korean War
American troops help to defend South Korea from communist North Korea. After three years there was no victor and the war was over, there are still soldiers guarding the 38th parallel today. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
U.S. sponsored 1,000 Cuban exiles to go into Cuba for revolution attempts. Ultimately failed and the soldiers were ransomed back by the U.S. for exchange of millions of dollars worth of medical supplies -
U.S. build up of troops in Vietnam
9,087,000 American soldiers put into Vietnam preparing for the war. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S. forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear warheads that were in Cuba. The Soviet Union had placed their nuclear warheads in Cuba, the missiles were capable of reaching and detonation anywhere in the U.S. JFK agreed to remove the U.S.'s missiles from Turkey in exchange for the missiles to be removed in Cuba -
Nixon visits communist China and the Soviet Union
President Richard Nixon traveled to China to create relations with communist China, he met with Mao Zedong. He went to the Soviet Union to meet with Brezhnev in Moscow. They signed SALT 1 which set limits on the hypothetical usage of long-ranged missiles. -
Paris Peace Accords
Richard Nixon signs the Paris Peace Accords which pulled America out of the Vietnam War, American troops started to get pulled out of Vietnam. -
OPEC places embargo on the U.S.
OPEC placed an embargo on oil to the U.S. for their support of Israel in the October War. The price of oil went up to $12 dollars per barrel from $3. -
Torrijos-Carter Treaty
Treaty that returned the control of the Panama Canal back to Panama after U.S. control since 1903 -
Camp David Accords
Jimmy Carter flies into Camp David and gets Israel and Egypt to sign a peace treaty after the six-day war. -
U.S. creates diplomatic relationship with China
U.S. and China agree to have ambassadors in each country, a large step in increasing their diplomatic relationships. -
U.S. distrust of the Soviet Union
U.S. places and embargo on sending grain to the Soviet Union, they also boycott the Moscow Olympic Games, and delays the signing of SALT 2. This is due to skepticism of trusting the Soviet Union after their invasion in Afganistan. -
Invasion of Grenada
Reagan puts American troops in Grenada after a communist revolution, we contain them after only weeks due to their small population of 91,000. -
Iran-Contra Affair
American public learns that the U.S. secretly sold weapons to Iran to attempt to free hostages in Lebanon. Later Reagan lies saying that weapons were not sold to Iran, he takes the blame for that lie later on national T.V. -
Invasion of Panama
American troops storm Panama and capture Manuel Noriega because of drug trafficking and other smaller reasons. -
Bush and Gorbachev
They held Summit in Washington D.C. to end the Cold War. -
Persian Gulf War
Operation Desert Storm was carried out to get Iraq out of Kuwait. Ended in an American victory and the liberation of Kuwait. -
9/11
Al Qaeda terrorist attack in the U.S. They hijacked two American airliners and flew them into the Twin Towers in New York.
