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Korean War
American troops help defend South Korea -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
U.S. sponsored invasion of Cuba fails -
U.S. Troops in Vietnam
In 1962 the U.S. built up troops for the Vietnam War -
Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S. forced Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba. But the U.S. had to remove it's missiles from Turkey -
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
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 the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War -
OPEC Embargo
OPEC places an embargo on oil to the U.S. because of the nation's support for Israel in October War -
Panama Treaty
U.S. signs a 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 -
China
U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with China -
Soviet Embargo
In respond to a Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, U.S. places an embargo on sales of American grains to Soviet Union, boycotts Moscow Olympic Games, and delays the completion of SALT II -
Gnrenada
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 hoes of gaining lease of American hostages in Lebanon -
Panama
U.S. invades Panama and captures Manual Noriega -
Summit in D.C.
Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washington D.C. Topics ranged from fighting the Axis Powers during World War II to arms control between the two superpowers themselves during the Cold War -
Persian Gulf War
U.S.- led multinational force ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait -
Attack on the U.S.
Often referred to as 9/11, the attacks resulted in extensive death and destruction, triggering major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism and defining the presidency of George W. Bush. Over 3,000 people were killed during the attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., including more than 400 police officers and firefighters.
