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3. How did individual states in the U.S. respond to the oil embargo imposed by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) during the mid-1970s?
a. By regulating gas sales to ration reserves
b. By banning imports of oil from OPEC nations
c. By replacing oil reserves with coal

Answer 1

In response to the embargo, the U.S. government imposed fuel rationing and lowered speed limits to reduce consumption. Nixon seriously considered military action to seize oil fields in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Abu Dhabi as a last resort.