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Jay Treaty
Attempted to diffuse conflict between America and Great Britain following the Revolutionary War -
Treaty of Mortefontaine
Meeting between the United States of America and France to terminate the alliance that had existed between them since 1778 so that America could stay neutral. -
Lousiana Purchase
United States purchase of 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. -
Clayton-Bulwer Affair
Compromise agreement between U.S. and Britain to negotiate interests in Central America -
Kanagawa Treaty
Opened the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade and permitted the establishment of a U.S. consulate in Japan. -
Boxer Rebellion
A Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists led an uprising in northern China against the spread of Western influence, and America helped put it down. -
Big Stick Diplomacy
Theodore Roosevelt issues Roosevelt's Corollary addendum to the Monroe doctrine, which declares the United States as the policeforce of the world. -
Veracruz Incident
The occupation of Veracruz, the chief port in Mexico, by the United State's military -
Dawes Plan
At the end of World War I, it was the plan to fix the global economy; under which Germany’s annual reparation payments would be reduced, increasing over time as its economy improved. -
Neutrality Act of 1937
FDR's Neutrality Act pushed through Congress, which permitted belligerents to purchase war materials, provided that they paid cash and carried the goods away in their own ships. -
Casablanca Conference
Meeting between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the city of Casablanca, Morocco, to discuss the finalization of Allied strategic plans against the Axis powers in 1943. -
Marshall Plan
United States sponsored program designed to rehabilitate 17 war torn countries economies following World War II -
SEATO
Alliance to contain any communist aggression in the free territories of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, or Southeast Asia -
Alliance for Progress
Programs to relieve the Latin America's poverty and social inequities and ultimately included U.S. programs of military and police assistance to counter Communist subversion -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Following an attack on U.S. ships in the Gulf of Tonkin, the President called on Congress to support his actions. The resolution says the president has the power to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
SALT
Agreements intended to prevent use of nuclear warfare between the United States and the Soviet Union -
Camp David Accords
Agreement between Israel and Egypt that led to a peace treaty the following year. -
Iran-Contra Affair
Assisted anti-communism groups referred to as the "contras," by giving weapons and financial aid. -
Persian Gulf War
Suddam Husein's Iraqi invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in 1990 -
9/11
Terrorist attack by Al Qaeda on the World Trade Center amd the Pentagon
