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Korean War
During this time period Americans troops help defend South Korea against the attacking North Korean forces -
Bay of Pigs
U.S sponsored invasion of Cuba fails when they are greatly outnumbered by Castro's troops and are forced to surrender in less then 24 hours. This was a 13-day invasion that eventually would be a failure when they are overwhelmed by the size of the Cuban army and are forced to retrea -
Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S. forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba. This was a 13 day confrontation between then U.S and the Soviet Union. This was the closet that these 2 superpowers have ever came to an all out nuclear war. -
Nixon visit China and Soviet Union
Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) -
Paris Peace Accords signed
This overall ends the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war. This was an agreement between the government of North Vietnam, the PRG, South Vietnam, and the United States to bring an end to the Vietnam War -
OPEC places an embargo on oil
This embargo was placed om the U.S because of the nations support for Israel in October War -
Camp David Accords
President Jimmy Carter sponsors peace talks between Egypt and Israel. This eventually leads to a peace between these 2 nations -
Iran Weapons deal
American public learns that U.S secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of gaining release of American hostages in Lebanon -
Panama Invasion
The U.S. invades panama and captures Manuel Noriega who was military dictator at this time -
Summit held in Washington, D.C
The meeting focused on issues taking place in Germany and its place in the changing Europe -
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Persian Gulf War
The U.S leads multinational forces to end Iraqi occupations of Kuwait. It takes 48 for the operation desert storm end and for the Iraqis to completely surrender -
U.S signs treaty with Panama
U.S agrees to return the canal zone and control of the canal to panama. -
Grenada Invasion
President Ronald Reagan orders invasion of Grenada after a Marxist revolution in that Caribbean nation. -
U.S establishes diplomatic relationship with China.
The U.S approves of the Peoples Republic of China as the government of the country and that Taiwan was a party of China. This is the first time an american president has ever visited the PRC
