One Important Historical Event That Has Shaped the Way Americans

question 80

Multiple Choice

One important historical event that has shaped the way Americans think about and use energy is the

• A)Gold Rush of 1849.
• B)discovery of Spindletop (a Texas oil gusher)in 1901.
• C)invention of the car.
• D)Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s.

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