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Korean War
War between the North Koreans, supported by the Soviet Union. and the South Koreans, supported by the United States in an effort to stop the spread of Communism. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
U.S sponsored invasion of Cuba, crushed by Castro. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles housed in Cuba in exchange for the United States' removal of missiles in Turkey -
SALT
President Richard Nixon visits China and Soviet Union, Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty -
End of Vietnam War
The Paris Peace Accords were signed, which ended the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War -
Oil Embargo
OPEC places an embargo on oil to U.S because of the nation's support for Israel in the October War -
Return of Canal Zone
U.S 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. -
China
The United States establishes full diplomatic relations with China. -
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Responses to Invasion of Afghanistan
America places an embargo on grain to the Soviet Union, boycotts the Moscow Olympic Games, and delays completion of SALT II -
Invasion of Grenada
President Reagan orders the invasion of Grenada after a Marxist revolution in that Caribbean nation. -
Iran Weapons Deal
The public learns that the United States secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of hostage releases in Lebanon. -
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Malta Summit
President Bush and Gorbachev held a summit in Washington, DC. -
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Invasion of Panama
U.S invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega. -
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Persian Gulf War
U.S led multinational force ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait -
9/11 Attack
The start of the war on terror, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York.