Arab nations placed an oil embargo on the United States in retaliation for
a. Nixon toppling the Allende government in Chile.
b. American support for Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
c. American resistance to Egypt nationalizing the Suez Canal.
d. American refiners refusing to use Arab tankers to transport oil.
ANSWER: b
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