In October 1973<span>, </span>OPEC<span> declared </span>an oil embargo<span> in response to the United States</span><span>' and Western Europe's support of Israel in the Yom Kippur War of </span>1973<span>. The </span>result<span> was a rise in oil prices from $3 per barrel to $12 and the commencement of gas rationing.</span>
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<span>b. became even worse than before the war. </span>
The United States emerged from the war as a world military and industrial leader. Unlike the war-torn cities of Europe the homes and industries of the nation were relatively unscathed by the Great War. The late entry of the US meant that fewer men had lost their lives than in Europe
