<span>The economic value of slaves in the United states exceeded the invested value of all the nations railroads factories and banks combined.</span>
Watergate scandal would be the main thing.
But if you want a second answer to this then the Arab oil embargo because of how much people were unable to get gas or go to work.
The correct answer is France. They wanted to weaken Britain who was a major force in Europe and they also had good relations with British colonies so they decided to help hoping that one day when the war is over the colonies would work together with France and trade and things like that.
The correct answer would be the Spanish Flu or influenza