Which events of the 1970s contributed to widespread mistrust of the U. S. government by American citizens?

In addition to these long-term structural changes to the American economy and our demographics, the 1970s saw two oil shocks that sent the economy into a tailspin. In 1973, in response to western support of Israel, middle-eastern Arab states suspended oil exports to the U.S., which led to the price of oil quadrupling.

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the first forms of writing came from them in the form of pictographs around 3100 bc.