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Korean War
American troops help defend South Korea. -
Bay of Pigs
U.S. sopnsored invasion of Cuba fails. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S. forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba. -
Vietnam War
U.S. build up of troops in Vietnam War. -
Nixon visits China and Soviet Union
President Nixon visits China and Soviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT). -
Paris Peace Accords Signed
Ended U.S. involvement in Vietnam War. -
OPEC
OPEC places an embargo on oil to U.S. because of the nation's support for Israel in October War. -
Treaty with Panama
U.S. signs treaty with 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. -
Relations with China
U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with China. -
Embargo 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 SLAT II. -
Invasion of Grenada
President Ronald Reagan orders invasino 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 hopes of gaining release of American hostages in Lebanon. -
Invasion of Panama
U.S. invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega. -
Summit
Bush and Gorbachev hold usmmit in Washington, D.C. -
Persian Gulf War
U.S. led multinational force ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait. -
Attack on the U.S.
War on terror.
