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Korean war
American troops help defend South Korea -
Bay of Pigs
U.S. Sponsored invasion of Cuba fails -
Vietnam War
U.S. build up of troops in Vietnam War -
Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S. forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba. -
OPEC
Opec places an embargo on oil to U.S. because of the nation's support for Israel in October war -
SALT
President Nixon visits China and Soviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty. -
Paris Peace Accords
Paris Peace Accords signed, ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam War -
Torrijos–Carter Treaties
U.S. signs treaty agreeing to return Canal Zone and control of the canal to Panama by 1999 -
Camp David Accords
President Jimmy Carter sponsors peace talks between Egypt and Israel -
Iran weapons deal
American public learns that U.S. secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of gaining release of American hostages in Lebanon -
China Relations
U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with China -
U.S. response to Soviet invading Afghanistan
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. -
Invasion of Grenada
President Ronald Reagan orders invasion of Grenada after a Marxist revolution in that Carribean nation. -
U.S. invasion of Panama
U.S. invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega -
Bush and Gorbachev summit
Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washington, D.C. -
Persian Gulf War
U.S.-led multinational force ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait -
911 Attacks
Attack on the U.S.- The war on terror