In October 1973, it broke out the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, best known as the "Yom Kippur War" because the Arab countries enemy of Israel took advantage of the Yom Kippur ("Day of Expiation") holiday to launch a triple offensive against Israel. When the war seemed to go well for the Arabs because of the destruction of large numbers or Israeli warplanes, the U.S. resupplied the Israelis and made their losses good turning the outcome of the war to their favor.
The U.S. support of the Israelis in the Yom Kippur War infuriated the Arab oil producing countries who announced an oil embargo against the U.S. The price of crude oil went from 3 dollars per barrel to 12 dollars by the beginning of 1974. Since U.S. people were traditionally used to large cars consuming a lot of gas, since gas had always been cheap, a shortage of gas across the country quickly set in, An unexpected consequence of this gas shortage in the U.S., fuel-efficient cars of Japanese make began to become popular in the U.S., and it also forced the U.S. car industry to design smaller cars and fuel-efficient engines to compete with the Japanese car industry.
General Lucius D. Clay of Marietta a Georgia Native is credited for being the principle Architect of the 1253 miles interstate highway system that performs several functions key to the state i.e., connecting Georgia to the rest of the nation, movement of suburban workers to and from workplaces and links major state cities.
In 1954, Lucius Clay was appointed by President Eisenhower to chair the committee to map out a national interstate highway cementing the city as a transportation hub destiny. He previously had presided over the rebuilding of Germany after the second world war (1941-1945) and managed the Berlin Airlift.
Due to its geographical location, Georgia two of the seven most important north to south transcontinental interstate highways go through Georgia State.
The women's christian temperance movement (WCTU) was the first national movement to Identify and fight against domestic violence.
WCTU was the first national movement to identify and combat domestic violence. Willard led the temperance movement as the WCTU became one of the largest and most influential women's groups of the 19th century. She expanded the organization's platforms to include issues such as labor laws and prison reform.
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