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Korean War
American Troops help defend South Korea -
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Bay of Pigs
U.S.-sponsored invasion of Cuba fails -
Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S. forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba. -
Vietnam War
U.S. build-up of troops for the war. -
SALT
President Richard Nixon visits China and Soviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty. -
Paris Peace Accords
Paris Peace Accords are signed, ending U.S. involment in Vietnam War. -
OPEC embargo
OPEC places an embargo on oil to U.S. because of the nation's support for Israel in October War. -
Canal agreement
U.S. signs treaty agreeing to return canal zone and control of canal to Panama by 1999. -
Camp David Accords
Camp David Accords-President Jimmy Carter sponsors peace talks between Egypt and Israel. -
U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with China.
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Soviet Invasion
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. -
Invasion of Grenada
President Ronald Reagan orders invasion of Grenada after a Marxist revolution in that Caribbean nation. -
Iran Weapons deal
American public learns that U.S. secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of gaining release of American hostages in Lebanon. -
Panama Invasion
U.S. invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega. -
Summit in D.C.
Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washington D.C. -
Persian Gulf War
U.S.-led multinational force ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait. -
September 11, 2001
Attack on the U.S.- the war on terror.
