U.S World Affairs

By aleiyaarmstrong
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    American Troops help defend South Korea
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs

    U.S sponsored invasion of Cuba Falls
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    U.S forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear missles from Cuba
  • U.S builds up troops for Vietnam war

    U.S builds up troops for Vietnam war

  • Nixon Visitis China

    Nixon Visitis China

    President Richard Nixon visits China and Soviviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)
  • U.S leaves Vietnam War

    U.S leaves Vietnam War

    Paris Peace Accords are signed
  • OPEC places embargo on oil

    OPEC places embargo on oil

    OPEC places embargo on oil to the US because of the nations support for isreal in the october war
  • Panama Canal control turnover

    Panama Canal control turnover

    U.S signs treaty agreeing to return Canal Zone and control of thr canal to Panama by 1999.
  • Camp David Accords

    Camp David Accords

    President Jimmy Carter sponsers peace talks between Egypt and Israel
  • U.S establishes diplomatic relations with china

    U.S establishes diplomatic relations with china

  • Invasion of Grenada

    Invasion of Grenada

    President Ronald Reagan orders invasion of Grenada after a Marxist revolution in that Carribean Nation
  • Iran Weapons Deal

    Iran Weapons Deal

    America public learns that U.S secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of gaining release of American hostages in Lebanon
  • U.S invades Panama

    U.S invades Panama

    U.S invaes Panama and captures Manuel Noriega
  • Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washingto D.C

    Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washingto D.C

  • Persian Gulf War

    Persian Gulf War

    U.S led multinational fprce ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait
  • Terrorist Attacks on the U.S

    Terrorist Attacks on the U.S

    The War of Terror
  • U.S responds to Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan

    U.S responds to Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan

    U.S places an embargo on sales of American grain to Soviet Union, boycotts Moscow olympic games, and delays completeion of SALT II.