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Korean War
American troops help defend South Korea -
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Korean War
American troops help defend South Korea -
Bay of Pigs
United States sponsored invasion of Cuba fails -
Vietnam War
The United States build-up of troops in Vietnam -
Cuban Missile Crisis
United States forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba -
SALT
President Richard Nixon visits China and Soviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty -
Paris Peace Accords
The Paris Peace Accords are signed, ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam War -
OPEC
OPEC places an embargo on oil to U.S. because of the nation's support for Israel in October War -
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. -
Full Diplomatic Relations
U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with China. -
U.S Places 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 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 the seven American hostages in Lebanon -
Invasion of Panama
U.S. invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega -
Summit in Washington, D.C.
Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washington -
Persian Gulf War
U.S. led multinational force ends Iraqi occupations of Kuwait -
Attack on the U.S.
The war on Terror
