Which U.S. president was especially concerned with the Energy Crisis and mediated the Camp David Accords?

• A. Richard Nixon
• B. Ronald Reagan
• C. Lyndon B. Johnson
• D. Jimmy Carter

Answer: (D)

Addressing a national energy crisis while also pursuing a landmark peace effort at Camp David shows a president who made energy policy a priority at home and diplomacy a priority abroad. In the 1970s, the United States faced a severe energy shortage driven by oil supply disruptions, so the president emphasized energy security—pushing conservation, efficiency, and steps to reduce dependence on imported oil, and helping establish structures to coordinate national energy policy. At the same time, he invited Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to Camp David for intensive talks, culminating in the Camp David Accords and setting the stage for a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. This combination of domestic energy focus and international peacemaking points to Jimmy Carter.