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"Our energy crisis is an invisible crisis. It is a slow-growing crisis, but it is real, and it will constantly get worse... With the exception of preventing war, this is the greatest challenge our country will face during our lifetimes. The energy shortage is permanent. There is no way we can solve it quickly."
— President Jimmy Carter, Address to the Nation on Energy, 1977

Which of the following was a major consequence of the energy crisis described in the excerpt?

  1. Increased public awareness of resource limitations and a growing emphasis on energy conservation.Answer
  2. B
    The deployment of military forces to occupy and secure foreign oil reserves.
  3. C
    The immediate implementation of supply-side economic reforms that deregulated the energy industry.
  4. D
    The creation of new Great Society initiatives to fund domestic oil exploration.

Answer

Increased public awareness of resource limitations and a growing emphasis on energy conservation.
The correct option is correct because the energy crises of the 1970s, triggered by OPEC oil embargoes, forced the United States to confront the reality of limited natural resources, leading to the creation of the Department of Energy, national speed limits, and a broad public push for fuel conservation.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the stimulus to identify the central issue.
The stimulus by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 addresses a severe, long-term national energy shortage.
This establishes the historical event (the 1970s energy crisis) that the question asks about.
2
Evaluate the choices to find a direct domestic consequence of the 1970s energy crisis.
Efforts to conserve energy and a heightened public awareness of resource limits directly resulted from the oil shocks and government energy campaigns of the era.
This links the historical context of the energy crisis directly to the correct answer choice.

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Environmentalism and the Energy Crisis
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