America's 'addition' to foreign oil.

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America's first oil well was drilled in 1859, not in Texas, where you might expect, but back east, in Titusville, Pa. Over the next century, oil transformed the United States from an agricultural to an industrial nation.

But the supply of domestic oil, once plentiful, has dwindled. As the graph shows, the U.S. new imports most of its oil, much of it from unreliable, even hostile, nations.

ANALYZE THE GRAPH

(1) About how many more millions of barrels of oil were produced domestically in 1949 than imported?

a 2.9

b 3.5

c 4.4

d 5.5

(2) In two years, --,and --, the United States produced six million more barrels of oil, each day than it imported.

(3) In 1980, not shown, dairy oil imports were 50 percent less than in 2006. Oil, imports per day in 1980 were

a 4, million.

b 5 million.

c 6 million.

d 7 million.

(4) Between 1974 and 1999 oil imports increased by about

a 99 percent.

b 83 percent.

c 70 percent.

d 60 percent.

(5) For much of 1984, domestic oil was selling for about $30 a barrel. What was the approximate cost per day for domestic oil, in that year?

a $270 million

b $260 million

c $250 million

d $240 million

(6) Discussion: Many Americans have expressed concern over America's growing dependence on foreign oil. Why do you think there is so much concern...