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Korean War
American troops help defend South Korea -
Bay of Pigs
U.S. sponsored invasion of cuba fails -
Cuban Missile crisis
U.S. forces Societ Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba -
U.S. build-up of troops in Vietnam war
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President Richard Nixon visits China and Soviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)
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Paris peace accords are signed ending the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
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OPEC places an embargo on oil to U.S. involvement in Vietnam war
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U.S. signs treaty agreeing to return Canal Zone and control to Panama by 1999
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Camp David Accords
President jimmy Carter sponsors peace talks between Egypt and Isreal -
U.S establishes full diplomatic relations with China
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In response to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, U.S. places an embargo on sales of America grain to Societ Union, boycotts Moscow Olympic Games, and delays completion of SALT II
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President Ronald Reagan orders invasion o Grenada after a Marxist revolution in the Caribbean nation
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Iran Weapons deal
American public learns the U.S. secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of gaining relese of American hostages in Lebanon -
U.S. invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega
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Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washington, D.C.
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Persian Gulf War
U.S. led multination force ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait -
Attack on the U.S.
the war on terror
