Treaty Signed United States Countries Unusual War Eisenhower

Although most treaties "deal with" (are related to) peacemaking, the United States has signed many unusual treaties "over the course of" (during) its history.

President Dwight Eisenhower "proposed" (suggested) the Open Skies Treaty in 1955, but it was not "put into effect" (made into law) until 2002. The treaty allows people from other countries to fly over the other countries that have signed the law for "surveillance" (gathering information through observation). When Eisenhower proposed the treaty, the Soviet Union would never have agreed to it. When it was finally put into effect, it was almost "irrelevant" (without any real meaning) because countries can easily conduct surveillance through the use of "satellites "(communications equipment that goes around the planet in outer space).

The seven Barbary Treaties, which were signed between 1795 and 1836, are unusual because they stated that the United States would pay Algeria, Tripoli, Tunis, and Morocco to "guarantee safe shipping" (allow ships to pass through without being attacked) and release prisoners. At that time, the area had many "pirates" (people who attack ships and steal from them) and the United States didn't have a Navy (an army based on the ocean) to protect itself, so it had to pay money instead.

In 1976, the Soviet Union and the United States were "in the midst of" (having; involved in) the Cold War and could agree on very few things. However, the two countries signed the Migratory Bird Treaty to protect "migratory birds" (birds that spend part of each year in one place and the other part of the year in another place) that migrate between the two countries.

Finally, the treaty that ended World War II was also unusual, because it was signed in 1952 - seven years after the war actually ended.