foreign policy
Category: Other
Updated: 11 Oct 2018
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Created byAlexander Bendickson
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Events
George Washington's
Farewell Address -
Steer clear of
permanent alliances
with other nations
(1796)Manifest Destiny began in the
first quarter of the 19th centuryMonroe Doctrine - stay out of
European affairs, Europe has to
stay out of the Western Hemisphere
(1823)US is granted rights
to build a canal across
the Isthmus of Panama
(1903)US buys Virgin Islands
from Denmark
(1917)US Intervenes in French
invasion of Mexico
(1867)John Hay announced
the insistence on an
open door policy with China
(1899)United States enters
World War I against Germany
(1917)US gets attacked
at Pearl Harbor
by Japan
(1941)US created the
United Nations
(1945)Truman Doctrine
to counter
communist
influence in
free countries
(1947)Cuban Missile Crisis
US threatens war over
nuclear missiles
placed on Cuba
(1962)Korean War starts
and UN nations
help South Korea
(1950Cease fire negotiations
in Korea
(1951)Armistice signed
for Korean War
(1953)President Johnson
commits US to full-
scale war in Vietnam
(1965)Cease fire between
US and North Vietnam
(1975)Nixon goes to
Beijing to improve
relations with China
(1972)Nixon goes to Moscow
and signs SALT
limiting nuclear weapons
(1972)CIA supports
Afghan resistance
to Soviets
(1979)Reagan and Gorbachev
met in Geneva, Switzerland-
agreed nuclear war should
never be fought
(1985)US recognizes Israel
(1948)Carter helps Israel
and Egypt negotiate
Camp David Accords
(1978)US charges Syria with
unleashing a chemical attack
(2013)1st Gulf War over Iraq's invasion
of Kuwait - Coalition led by US
(1990)Iraq agreed to destroy chemical weapons
(1991)2nd Gulf War by US led coalition
(2003)US and coalition launch
airstrikes against Libya's
dictatorial regime
(2012)Periods
Ties were cut with China for
nearly 30 years
when communists took over
(1949)US uses deterrence
and containment
after World War II
against Soviet UnionUS troops withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2012
Taliban threat prompts government to
keep some troops until 2014 and beyond
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