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What was a significant cause of the 1979 energy crisis that hit America? price gouging by OPEC the Iranian Revolution discovery of Alaskan oilfields the Saudi Arabian Revolution

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It would be "price gouging by OPEC" that was especially a significant cause of the 1979 energy crisis that hit America, since America depended heavily on Middle Eastern oil output. 
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