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Korean War
American troops help defend South Korea. -
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The United States in World Affairs
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Bay of Pigs
US sponsored invasion of Cuba fails. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
US forced Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba. -
US build-up troops in Vietnam War
US build up troops in Vietnam War. -
President Richard Nixon Visits China and Soviet Union
Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty (SALT I). -
Paris Peace Accords are signed
ending US involvement in Vietnam War. -
US 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. -
US establishes full diplomatic relations with China
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Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
In response to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, US places an embargo on sales of American grain to Soviet Union, boycotts Moscow Olympic Games, and delays completion of SALT II. -
President Ronald Reagan orders invasion of Grenada
after a Marxist revolution in the Caribbean nation -
Iran weapons deal
American public learns that US secretly sold weapons to iran in hopes of gaining release of American hostages in Lebanon. -
US invades Panama
and captures Manuel Noriega -
Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washington, D.C.
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Persian Gulf War
US led multinational force ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait. -
The War on Terror
Attack on the US.
