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Korean War
American troops help defend South Korea; Prevent the spread of communism to other neighboring countries -
Bay of Pigs
U.S. sponsored invasion of Cuba fails; JFK doesn't send the army in to assist them so makes them look weak to the rest of the world -
Vietnam War
U.S. build up of troops in Vietnam war; people back at home start questioning the war since it's not an immediate threat against us -
Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S. forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba; U.S makes a deal to remove their missiles from Turkey if the Soviets remove theirs from Cuba -
President Nixon visits China and Soviet Uion
Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT); ends the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union -
Paris Peace Accords are signed
Ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam War; deciding that the loss of life was becoming to great, The U.S. decided to leave the war -
OPEC
OPEC places an embargo on oil to U.S. because of the nation's support for Israel in October War; Most countries didn't like how the United States supplied arms for Israel -
U.S. signs treaty to return the Canal ZOne
The United States signed a treaty agreeing to return Canal Zone and control of canal to Panama by 1999; Since the U.S. obtained control of the canal during a revolution it was time to return it back to the people -
Camp David Accords
President Jimmy Carter sponsors peace talks between Egypt and Israel; Jimmy Carter stated that neither men were leaving until an agreement is made -
U.S. and China
U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with China; Since China has a high marketing factories the U.S. formed an agreement with China -
Embargo placed on sales to Soviet Union
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; Basically a complete boycott of anything Russian so that they would accept their punishment -
Marxist Revolution
President Ronald Reagan orders invasion of Grenada after a Marxist revolution in that Caribbean nation; Forces were sent in to snuff the growing rebellion so close to the United Slates -
Iran Weapons Deal
American public learns that U.S. secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of gaining release of American hostages in Lebanon; A risk that was taken simply for the release of innocent American lives -
Panama Invasion
United States invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega; was meant to safeguard democracy and basic human rights -
Bush and Gorbachev
Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washington, D.C; meeting was designed to change Germany's standings in Europe -
Persian Gulf War
U.S. led multinational forces ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait; was a despite over the land of Kuwait and to who it belonged to -
9/11
Attack on the Untied States, considered the War on Terror; Opened the worlds eyes to the extremists efforts of 21st century terrorists
