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Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT)
President Richard Nixon and Brezhnev signed the SALT agreement which limited the number of nuclear weapons. This agreement created a relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union and eased Cold War tensions. -
Arabic Oil Embargo
The Arab members of OPEC created the emargo in result of the United States re-supplying the Israeli military. This forced the US to negotiate with OPEC due to the reliance on foreign oil in the United States. -
Yom Kippur War
Egyptian and Syrian forces attacked Israel on Yom Kippur, a very holy Jewish holiday. The Yom Kippur War heightened Cold War tensions and damaged relations between the two countries. Soviets supported Egypt and Syria while the U.S. supported Israel and even provided military support. -
Camp David Accords
Jimmy Carter, the President at the time, wanted to end hostility between Israel and the Arabic States surrounding it. At Camp David, he invited the Israeli and Egyptian heads of state to have a peace talk, which led to the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. -
SALT II
President Carter and Brezhnev met in Vienna to sign the agreement which created a numerical value for the amount of nuclear weapons in each nation. Although the agreement eased tensions for the time, it allowed the Soviets to have a number of weapons not mentioned in the agreement, making citizens even more angry with the American government and fearing a nuclear war. -
Iranian Hostage Crisis
During the Carter Presidency, 60 hostages were taken at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The citizens of the United States blamed the event on Carter and kept him from being re-elected. He embargoed Iranian Oil on November 11th. -
SDI
The Strategic Defense Initiative was a proposed missile defense system by Ronald Reagan. It was nearly impossible to create, and so never was made. However, it increased the USSR's fear of the American's growing military. -
Gulf War
This was a war the United States waged against Iraq after their invasion of Kuwait. At the end, Iraq withdrew from Kuwait and the country was restored. -
START II Accords
The START II Accords was a treaty between the United States and Russia to reduce the number of nuclear missiles in the two countries. It was successful and helped reduce American-Russian post-Cold War tensions -
United States Embassy Bombings
The United States embassy in Tanzania and Kenya were bombed simultaneously by truck bombs. This brought Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist organization, Al-Qaeda, to the American public's eyes for the first time. -
9/11 Terrorist Attacks
After 9/11, the United States became more aware of the terrorist groups around the world and began the "War on Terror." 9/11 occurred during Bush's presidency, the term "war on terror" is used to describe the actions taken by the United States and its allies against international terrorist groups. After 9/11, United States citizens started to fear foreigners, especially from the Middle East. -
Afghanistan War
The Afghanistan war was an attempt to remove Al-Qaeda from Afghanistan following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and remove the Taliban from power. The war ended with the Taliban government being overthrown, but there are still Taliban rebels today, despite the war being over. -
BP Oil Spill
The BP oil spill was when British Petroleum accidentally spilled 210 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. President Obama claimed it the worst enviromental disaster America has ever faced, and it defined how the United States would face future enviromental crises.
