The correct answer are <em>C) Countries traded with other oil-producing nations, and D) Nations stopped building automobiles for a while.
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The OPEC oil embargo completely stopped the exports of oil to the United States. The decision was taken by the 12 members of OPEC on October 19, 1973, in retaliation for the U.S. decision to re-supply the Army of Israel. What happened then was that <u>oil prices quadrupled</u> in the subsequent months. The embargo ended in March 1974.
After the embargo, the United States set in motion measures to conserve and develop domestic energy sources. The government created the <u>Strategic Petroleum Reserve</u> and limited the speed in highways to 55-miles-per-hour.
B. Some U.S. officials believed Saddam Hussein was acquiring weapons of mass destruction. Other officials strongly disagreed.
sorry. I do not now . I had that same question on a test and have not fond out the anwser yet.
