U.S timeline

By bryanc7
  • 1950

    1950

    General Douglas MacArthur plans to push the North Korean out of South Korea
  • 1960

    1960

    Bay of Pigs invasion with the U.S training Cuban rebels to overthrow Castro
  • 1960

    1960

    Kennedy sends troops to Vietnam to fight the communist forces
  • 1960

    1960

    Cuban Missile Crisis, Cuba asked for Soviet help leading to the Soviets putting missiles in Cuba
  • 1960

    1960

    Lyndon Johnson orders airstrikes in North Vietnam due to Vietnamese torpedo boats firing upon American destroyer
  • 1970

    1970

    Nixon reaches out and establishes diplomatic relations with China
  • 1970

    1970

    The Camp David Accords are placed to end the Israelian-Egyptian conflict by the Carter administration
  • 1980

    1980

    Iran-Contra affair where the U.S was to exposed to selling weapons to Iran
  • 1980

    1980

    Reagan goes to the Soviet Union to talk to Gorbachev as well as addressing students at Moscow State University
  • 1990

    1990

    Operation Desert Storm, U.S ground troops were sent to Kuwait to drive out the Iraqis
  • 2000

    2000

    Bush sends troops to Afghanistan due to the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center
  • 2000

    2000

    Bush sends troops to Iraq to bring down Saddam Hussein from power and his WMD