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29 Cards in this Set
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Treaty of Paris (1763)
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ended the French and Indian War between England and France
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Treaty of Paris (1783)
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ended the American Revolution with England
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Jay's Treaty (1794)
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Britian agreed to leave the forts they occupied on the U.S. frontier
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Pinckney's Treaty (1795)
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Spain allowed Americans to travel freely along the Mississippi River and settled boundary disputes with the U.S. and Spain
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Treaty of Greenville (1795)
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ended the Battle of Fallen Timbers;12 Indian tribes agreed to give up their land of present-day Ohio and Indiana to the U.S.
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Louisiana Purchase (1803)
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America acquired Louisiana territory from France; doubled the size of the U.S.
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Treaty of Ghent (1814)
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ended the War of 1812 with England
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Adams-Onis Treaty (1819)
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Spain gave Florida to the United States
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Oregon Treaty (1846)
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divided Oregon Country between the United States and Canada
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Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo (1848)
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ended the war with Mexico; U.S. acquired the Mexican Cession
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Treaty of Paris (1898)
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ended Spanish-American War; Cuban independence;U.S. acquired Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philipines
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Platt Amendment (1902)
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made Cuba a U.S. protectorate
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Hay-Bunau-Varilla (1903)
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Panama became independent; U.S. acquired control over canal zone, and can intervene in Panama
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Treaty of Verailles (1918)
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ended WWI; German reparations and war-guilt clause; Leage of Nations created, but the U.S. does not sign on.
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Potsdam Treaty (1945)
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ended WWII in Europe; carved up and disarmed Germany; eliminated Nazis; punished war criminals
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GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) (1948-1995)
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lowered barriers to international trade; 1994, created World Trade Organization
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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (1949)
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mutual defense pact among U.S., Canada, and ten Western European allies
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Korean War settlement (1953)
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stalemate--Korea remained split with a demilitarized zone between the North and South
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Geneva Accords (1954)
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temporarily divided Vietnam into communist North and anticommunist South
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Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963)
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barred atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons
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SALT I (1972) and SALT II (1979) (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty)
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halted growth of numbers of two types of nuclear missiles; limited number of strategic weapons and nuclear-missile launcher
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Vietnam War agreement (1973)
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ended American involvement; country remained divided with North Vietnamese troops in the South
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Camp David Accords (1978)
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President Carter helped negotiate Middle East peace agreements between Jordan and Egypt and Israel
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INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty (1987)
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eliminated two classes of weapons;allowed inspection of military installations
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START I (1991) and START II (1993)
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continued nuclear arem reduction up to 75 percent
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NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) (1993)
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U.S., Canada, and Mexico drop all trade barriers
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Kyoto Accords (1997)
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internation climate treaty; 2001, U.S. doesn't sign
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Dominican Republic – Central America Free Trade Agreement
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Originally, the agreement encompassed the United States and the Central American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and was called CAFTA. In 2004, the Dominican Republic joined the negotiations,
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New START 2010
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The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) U.S./Russia Treaty – limits the nuclear arsenal capabilities of Russia and the U.S. while allowing for inspection.
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