Shortly after becoming president, thomas jefferson ordered the u. s. navy and marines to attack the north african state of tripoli. why did he take this action?

a. to force tripoli to pay tribute to the united states.
b. to protect american merchant ships from pirates.
c. to secure american access to gold in the region.
d. to make tripoli sell slaves to the united states.

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the outcome of 1970 oil crisis in united states was that, they began to search ways on how to reduce oil.

in 1970 was a period when there were energy and oil crisis. those who were major centers for industrialization were forced to keep way from supplying of petroleum.

some of the result of this crisis was economic growth became stagnant because prices of oil surged.

due to the increased prices some countries like mexico and norway benefited.

the correct answer is b.