Copy of Conflict in the Middle-East OPEC's 1970's Oil Embargo 2

The decade of the 1970's was economically difficult for many people in the U.S.

• true

• false

In the 1970's the US began importing more oil from the Middle Eastern organization called

• OPEC

• Palestine

OPEC was angered by Nixon's decision to support Israel in the Yom Kippur war. 

• true

• false

What happened to the price of oil when OPEC cut back on it's production?

• the price per barrel of oil fell

• the price per barrel of oil rose

A result of the oil embargo was

• rationed gas in the US

• lower gas prices in the UN

One action taken to reduce oil consumption was 

• encouraging people to buy more goods made from oil

• lowering speed limits to 55

What president solved the engergy crisis by finding new sources of oil?

• John F. Kennedy

• Ronald Reagan