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Korean War
American troops help defend South Korea -
Bay of Pigs
US sponsored invasion of Cuba fails -
Troop build up for Vietnam War
US build-up of troops in Vietnam War -
Cuban Missile Crisis
US forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba -
President Nixon's visit to China and Soviet Union
President Richard Nixon visits China and Soviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT). -
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Paris Peace Accords and OPEC oil embargo on the US
Paris Peace Accords are signed, ending US involvement in the Vietnam War. OPEC places an embargo on oil to US because of the nation's support for Israel in October War -
US signs treaty to return Canal Zone in Panama
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 -
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US relations with Cuba and US responds to the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
US establishes full diplomatic relations with China 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 Reagan orders invasion of Grenada
President Ronald Reagan orders invasion of Grenada after a Marxist revolution in that 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
US invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega -
Summit in Washington, DC
Bush and Gorbachev hold summit meeting in Washington, DC -
Persian Gulf War
US lead multinational force ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait -
Attack on the US
The war on terror begins as the Twin Towers are suicide bombed
