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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 fails -
U.S. Strength
U.S. build-up of troops in Vietnam War -
Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S. forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba -
Nixon visits
President Richard Nixon visits China and Soviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT). -
Paris Peace Accords
Paris Peace Accords are signed, ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam. OPEC places an embargo on oil to U.S. because of the nation's support for Israel in October War. -
Camp David Accords
President Jimmy Carter sponsors peace talks between Israel and Egypt -
U.S.-China Relations
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 II. -
Invasion of Grenada
President Ronald Raegan orders invasion of Grenada after a Marxist revolution in the 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 -
Summit
Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washington D.C -
U.S. invades Panama
U.S. invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega -
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Persian Gulf War
U.S.-led multinational force ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait -
Panama Regains Canal
U.S. signs treaty agreeing to return Canal Zone and control of canal to Panama by 1999 -
Attack on the U.S
War on Terror
