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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 -
Expansion of troops
U.S build-up of troops in Vietnam War -
Nixon travels
President Nixon visits China and Soviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) -
Peace Accords
Paris Peace Accords are signed, ending U.S involvement in Vietnam War. OPEC placed an embargo on oil to U.S because of the nation's support for Israel in October war -
U.S. Signs treaty
U.S signs treaty agreeing to return Canal Zone and control of canal to Panama by 1999 -
Camp David accords
President Jimmy Carter sponsors peace talks between Egypt and Israel -
Relations with China
U.S. Establishes full diplomatic relations with China. 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 2 -
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 -
U.S. and Panama tensions
U.S. invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega -
Summit
Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washington, D.C -
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Persian Gulf War
U.S.- led multinational force ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait -
Attack on U.S
The war on terrorism
