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Korean War
American troops help to defend South Korea. The war was fought between North Korea's Communist forces against South Korea's non-communist forces, supported by U.N. forces (primarially consisting of U.S. troops). At the 38th parallel, the post-war border between both countries, was where heavy battling took place. The Korean War was apart of the "Cold War" -
Bay of Pigs
U.S sponsored invasion of Cuba utterly fails. The group of Cuban exiles took off from Nicaragua in B-26 bombers painted like stolen Cuban planes. The CIA had promised a successful plan, but Castro and his advisors knew and were expecting the raid. -
Troops
U.S builds up troops in the Vietnam War (20,000) -
Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba. It all began with an American U-2 spy plane secretly photographing the Soviet Union's nuclear missiles being build in Cuba. -
SALT
President Richard Nixon visits China and Soviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) -
OPEC
OPEC places an embargo on oil to U.S because of the nation's support for Israel in the October War -
Paris Peace Accords
Paris Peace Accords are signed, ending U.S involvement in the Vietnam War. The purpose of the Paris Peace Accords was to establish a peaceful environment in Vietnam and get the Vietnam War to come to an end. -
Canal Zone
U.S signs treaty agreeing to return Canal Zone and control of canal to Panama by 1999. The Panama Canal is a 48 mile waterway between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. -
Camp David Accords
President Jimmy Carter sponsors peace talks between Egypt and Israel. The CDA were known, in Carter's presidency, as the single greatest achievement as President by arranging a peace agreement between Egypt and Israel. -
Relations with China improve
U.S establishes full democratic relations with China. Due to the diplomatic relations, China and U.S. easily cooperate and make exchanges in various fields of life such as politics, economy, education, culture, science, and technology. New chapters, such as China's leader visiting the U.S., are successful. -
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 Olympics Games, and delays completion of SALT II -
Invasion of Grenanda
President Ronald Reagan orders invasion of Grenada after a Marxist revolution in that Caribbean nation -
Iran Weapons Deal
American public learns that the U.S secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of gaining release of American hostages in Lebanon -
U.S Invation
U.S invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega. The invasion was code-named "Operation Just Cause" and took place under the presidency of George H. W. Bush. -
Washington Summit
Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washington, DC. During the summt, the 1990 Chemical Weapons Accord was signed. -
Persian Gulf War
U.S led multinational force ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait. There were 2,183,000 U.S. troops present in the Persian Gulf War. Going against Iraq, in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait, was a multi-force including the United States, Britain, France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, and Italy. -
Attack on the U.S
terrorists attacked the Unites States. They hijacked four airplanes in mid-flight. The terrorists flew two of the planes into two skyscrapers at the World Trade Center in New York City. ... The fourth plane crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania
