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Korean War
American troops help defend South Korea -
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The United Staes in World Affairs
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Bay of Pigs
U. S. sponsored invasion of Cuba fails -
Mid Vietnam War
U.S build up of troops in Vietnam War -
Signing of SALT
President Nixon visits China and Soviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) -
Peace Paris Accords
Paris Peace Accords are signed, ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam war -
OPEC embargo
OPEC places an embargo on oil to U.S. because of the nation's support for Israel in October War -
Return Treaty of Canal Zone
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 -
Diplomatic Relations with China
U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with China -
Grain Embargo
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 Greanada
President Ronald Reagan orders invasion of Grenada after Marxist revolution in that Caribbean nation -
Iran Weapons deal
American public learns that U.S. secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of graining release of American hostages in Lebanon -
U.S. captures Manuel Noriega
U.S. invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega -
Malta Summit
Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washington, D.C. -
Persian Gulf War
U.S. led multinational force ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait