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Korean War
A war between the United Nations, supported by the United States, and the communist Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).The Korean War was the first instance that it became clear that the UN could be used by the US as a foreign policy tool, and represented an important shift in US Cold War policy.After 3 years of a bloody and frustrating war, the United States, the People's Republic of China, North Korea, and South Korea agree to an armistice, bringing the Korean War to an end. -
Start of Vietnam War
A Cold War conflict pitting the U.S. and the remnants of the French colonial government in South Vietnam against the indigenous but communist Vietnamese independence movement, the Viet Minh, following the latter's expulsion of the French in 1954. America won the war, but lost the politicians. -
End of Vietnam War
Under the provisions of the Accords, U.S. forces were completely withdrawn. Unfortunately, this did not end the war for the Vietnamese and the fighting continued until April 1975 when Saigon fell to the communists. Also in America public anger and distrust of the government grew.Us and South Vietnam signed a peace agreement with North Vietnam and the Viet Cong.The war then end. -
Election of Reagan
During his presidency, the US also sent peacekeeping forces to Lebanon and bombed the terrorist-supporting country of Libya. In 1984, the people elected President Reagan to serve a second term in the White House. Reagan defeated Democratic challenger Walter Mondale in a landslide victory.President Ronald Reagan helped redefine the purpose of government and pressured the Soviet Union to end the Cold War. He solidified the conservative agenda for decades after his presidency. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
As the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders.
