Question

Why did the United States withdraw its support for the Aswan Dam?
A) The US government did not want to get involved in a Middle East conflict.
B) The Aswan Dam was no longer considered to be an important project.
C) The Soviet Union had taken control of the dam against US objections.
D) Egypt had refused to join an American-led alliance in the Middle East..

Answer 1

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Why did the United States withdraw its support for the Aswan Dam?

D) Egypt had refused to join an American-led alliance in the Middle East..

Answer 2

The United States withdraw its support for the Aswan Dam because  Egypt had refused to join an American-led alliance in the Middle East.. Option D is correct.

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles announced that the United States was withdrawing its offer of financial aid to Egypt to help with the construction of the Aswan Dam on the Nile River. Thar decition drove Egypt further toward an alliance with the Soviet Union and was contributed to the Suez Crisis later in 1956.