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1975-North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam
North Vietnam invades and conquers South Vietnam; over 1 million refugees eventually come to the US. This was the year that the United States ended their involvement in this conflict. -
1979-89 Afghanistan War
Afghanistan War 1978-92, Soviet invasion installs puppet regime; U.S. works with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in funding, training, and arming Muslim mujahideen insurgency; end of détente, charlie Wilson was the one that was funding the mujahideen, -
1979- boycott of moscow olympics
Renewal of Cold War. After Afghanistan, President Carter agrees détente has failed; calls for boycott of Moscow Olympics in 1980 and increase in military spending; sense of "malaise" or weakening in national and international affairs troubles Americans -
1980-88 Iran-Iraq War
iran-Iraq War. U.S. neutral in war between Iraq and Iran; U.S. flags oil tankers to protect flow of oil in Persian Gulf. -
1980-Cuban refugees arrive in the U.S
in Cuba, 125,000 Cuban refugees arrive in the U.S, another 159,000 arrive 1981-90, plus 181,000 in 1991-2000, jimmy carter had the authority to let people come into the united states because he didn't care about the race, religion, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion” into the United States. -
1981-President Ronald Reagan escalates "Second Cold War"
President Ronald Reagan escalates "Second Cold War" with heavy new military spending and research in new weapons, esp. "Star Wars"; forward strategy for Navy; -
1986-Iran-Contra Affair White House official
Iran-Contra Affair White House officials sell weapons to Iran and give the profits to Contras, President Reagan was embarrassed, -
1989-End of Soviet Empire
End of Soviet Empire, fall of Berlin Wall, all East European satellites break away from Moscow, June 12: President Ronald Reagan delivers a speech in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate in which he memorably demands, Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall, -
1991-gulf war
Gulf War; U.S. leads a UN-authorized coalition to repel an Iraqi invasion out of neighboring Kuwait, the leader Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in early August 1990. Alarmed by these actions, fellow Arab powers such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt called on the United States and other Western nations to intervene. -
1991-1993 Start
Start accords with Russia to limit nuclear weapons, a treaty between the united states of America and the union of soviet socialist, start I was the first treaty to provide for deep reductions of U.S. and Soviet/Russian strategic nuclear weapons, -
1994-bosnia
Bosnia, NATO, and U.S. begin bombing campaign against Serbian army, cease-fire negotiated by former President carter in December, the war part of the breakup of Yugoslavia following the Slovenian and Croatian secessions from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1991, -
1992-93 somalia mission
Somalia mission. President George H.W. Bush sent 28,000 U.S. troops to a UN mission to distribute food in war-torn Somalia in 1992; Congress voted approval; Somali warlord Mohammed Aidid attacked and killed some UN troops, and the UN ordered him captured; on Oct 13, 1993, 18 American soldiers were killed and 80 wounded in a botched raid; Congress cut off funding and the troops were withdrawn -
1993-nafta
NAFTA Clinton and a bipartisan coalition passes the North American Free Trade Agreement, a free trade pact with Canada and Mexico; labor unions opposed it, but the chief impact was an increase in trading farm products -
1994-Vietnam
Vietnam, President Clinton lifts 18-year trade embargo created to force return of "missing" POWs, so after bill Clinton was elected as president they had sent a lot our military out to the in several regions primarily for the purposes of protecting civilians -
1998-northern ireland
Northern Ireland; U.S. diplomat George Mitchell brokers peace agreement, The US diplomat George Mitchell, who played a major role in the Northern Ireland peace process, is to lead New York's St Patrick's Day parade,
