AnswersOK-Oklahoma History -CA- 37411AThe Sixties and the SeventiesQuestion 3
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The Sixties and the Seventies

Question 3 • OK-Oklahoma History -CA- 37411A

What was the most important reason why OPEC enforced a 1973 oil embargo, sending the US into a desperate energy crisis?

Answer
A
OPEC feared that the US oil market threatened OPEC’s power to control oil prices.
B
The US sided with Israel against Arab states, and OPEC instituted an embargo against those supporting Israel.
C
The US demanded that OPEC member-nations repay loans they had borrowed from the US.
D
OPEC nations made a pact with the Soviet Union, which asked them to create the embargo.

Explanation

During the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, the United States supported Israel. Arab members of OPEC imposed an oil embargo on the United States and other countries that supported Israel, using oil supplies as political pressure. Therefore, the correct choice is “The US sided with Israel against Arab states, and OPEC instituted an embargo against those supporting Israel.”

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