Jimmy Carter

Why did gasoline prices spike during the 1970's and early 1980's?

• A natural disaster impeded offshore drilling for oil

• Congress imposed new regulations on foreign energy companies

• Conflicts in the Middle East disrupted the distribution of oil

• Congress introduced new legislation to increase the fuel efficiency on vehicles

Which factor contributed most to inflation in the United States?

• Tax increases

• Oil embargoes

• High unemployment

• High tariffs

Lines for gas such as the one in this photographs resulted in -

• The dissolution of Standard Oil Company

• An oil rig explosion in Gulf of Mexico

• The construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline

• An embargo by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Which of these natural resources correctly fills in the blanks in this excerpt?

• Coal

• Iron

• Gold

• Petroleum

How did President Jimmy Carter attempt to end hostilities between the groups that fought in these wars?

• He helped negotiate a peace treaty known as the Camp David Accords

• He deployed U.S. troops to defeat the Palestine Liberation Organization

• He ordered the boycott of the Olympic Games in Moscow

• He threatened to sever diplomatic ties with Syria

The Camp David Accords negotiated during the Carter Administration were an attempt to -

• End rapidly inflating oil prices

• Establish peace in the Middle East

• Decrease U.S. control of Panama Canal

• Encourage the use of solar and otherclean energy sources

In 1979 the Shah of Iran was forced into exile. The U.S. government later allowed the Shah to enter the U.S. for medical treatment. The perceived U.S. support for the Shah of Iran resulted in which of the following?

• Iran attacked a U.S. military base in Asia

• Soviet forces began an occupation of Iran

• Israel demanded U.S. support for the strategic bombing of cities in Iran

• Revolutionaries kidnapped a group of U.S. citizens in Iran

In 1979, the Iran Hostage Crisis involved a mob of Islamist revolutionaries who overran the U.S. embassy and took embassy workers hostage in protest of-

• Perceived attempts by the U.S. to undermine the Iran Revolution

• U.S. naval movements in the Strait of Hormuz

• The sale of U.s. military equipment to Iraq

• U.S. detainment of Iranian diplomats in New York on charges of espionage

These demonstrations led to -

• A global energy crisis brought on by an OPEC oil embargo

• The bombing of a Marine barracks, followed by retaliatory air strikes

• A U.S. boycott of the Olympics in protest of events in Central Asia

• A hostage crisis that severely damaged confidence in the Carter Administration

Which foreign policy agreement had the most direct influence on the Middle East

• Camp David Accords

• SALT 1 Treaty

• Yalta Conference Declaration

• Kellogg-Briand Pact