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1975-2000 Late Cold War/Multi-polar 90’s
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Vietnam
North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam. The capture of Saigon by the North Vietnamese led to the whole country becoming Communist -
Jimmy Carter elected president
Carter believed that American power should be exercised sparingly and that the United States should avoid military interventions as much as possible. -
U.S. and China establish diplomatic relations.
On January 1, 1979, the two counties officially established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level. The United States announced that it would sever its “diplomatic relations” with Taiwan, withdraw U.S. military forces from Taiwan, and terminate the Mutual Defense Treaty. -
Iranian hostage crisis
A group of Iranian students and militants stormed the American embassy and took 53 Americans hostage to show their support for the Iranian Revolution. -
Olympic Boycott by USA
the USA boycotted the summer Olympics held in Moscow in protest at the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. -
Iranian hostage crisis ended
The Iranian hostage crisis ended 444 days after it began. after Ronald Reagan’s inauguration as the 40th president of the United States, the 52 U.S. captives held at the U.S. embassy in Teheran, Iran, are released -
President Reagan proposes Strategic Defence Initiative
The intent of this program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union.also known as Star Wars... -
Olympic boycott by Russia
Russia and 13 other countries boycotted the summer Olympics held in Los Angeles in retaliation for the US boycott of 1980. -
Berlin Wall is demolished
East Germany allows unrestricted migration to West Germany -
Velvet Revolution
The Velvet Revolution, also known as the Gentle Revolution, was a series of peaceful protests in Czechoslovakia that led to the overthrow of the Communist government. -
End of Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact which allied Communist countries was ended -
End of Soviet Union and the Cold War Ends
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned his post as president of the Soviet Union, leaving Boris Yeltsin as president of the newly independent Russian state.