. During Carter’s administration, how did the government try to fight rising oil prices?
Congress raised taxes on crude oil.
The president asked Americans to conserve energy.
The government issued new oil drilling permits.
3. How did American society change during the 1970s?
Presidents tended to come from northern industrial states.
Many blue-collar workers moved to the Sunbelt.
1960s counterculture behaviors became less common.
4. How did President Ford lose the support of the American people?
He removed American troops from Vietnam.
He pardoned Richard Nixon.
He reduced inflation by 10 percent.