Johnson believed that the Union was paramount and the South should be represented.
The main reason why OPEC imposed an oil embargo on the US is because the US <span>supported Israel in its “Yom Kippur War” with Egypt, and OPEC was made up of states that were against Israel, who was fighting against Egypt. </span>
Because the South wanted to become their own separate country. They even elected their own president.
There actsint because they did not speak british at first