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Us Involvement In The Vietnam War

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“On October 17, 1973, Arab oil producers declared an embargo that drastically limited the shipment of oil to the United States” (OPEC 1). Arab countries refused to sell oil to the United States because of the Yom Kippur War, a war between Egypt and Israel. In this war, United states was backing up Israel by supporting them and giving them weapons, which angered Arab leaders. Arabs started limiting the shipment of oil to the United States. The embargo, however, brought crisis to the US with unequal proportions. US citizens were very panicky because of the shortage of gas and oil. Ultimately, the US economy slowed down, leaving its’ citizens to to be dependent on domestic resources. Shipment of oil in the country dropped by 1 million barrels, …show more content…

During the time of the Cold War, the Red Scare was increasing in the US. American citizens were very xenophobic and didn’t like Soviets. Meanwhile, the President of the US, Richard Nixon, was in investigation of Alger Hiss, a government official who was accused of being a soviet spy. As a member of HUAC in 1948-1950, Nixon took a leading role in the investigation of Alger Hiss, spy for a Soviet Union (Britannica 2). In addition, US was involved in the Yom Kippur War, a war between Egypt and Israel. Americans were on Israeli side, providing them with weapons and troops, which angered Arabs. The Arab leaders stopped the shipment of oil to the US, which led to US embargo of 1973. Furthermore, US was in a war with Vietnam, which is known as Vietnam War. The author stated, “Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey called for an end to the bombing of Northern Vietnam” (Britannica 4). US tried to find a peaceful way to end and solve the conflict with Vietnam without any casualties. After all, these wars led to a crisis in America, including shortage of gas and oil. As can be seen, during the this time period of OPEC embargo of 1973, US was involved in few conflicts with other nations, which resulted in the crisis of oil and gas in the

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