Examples of Teapot Dome Scandal in the following topics:
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- By far the most damaging was the so-called Teapot Dome Scandal,
a bribery conspiracy that occurred in 1922-1923.
- In 1927 the Supreme Court ruled that the oil
leases involved in the Teapot Dome Scandal had been fraudulently obtained.
- Before the Watergate scandal in the 1970s, Teapot Dome
was largely regarded as the greatest and most sensational scandal in American
political history.
- Interior Secretary Albert Bacon Fall became infamous for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal, in which he took bribes in exchange for oil leases.
- Identify the Teapot Dome Scandal and its effect on the Harding administration
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- The fanfare
was short-lived, however, as the Teapot Dome scandal tainted the reputation of
the Harding administration when it was revealed in 1922 that Secretary of the Interior
Albert Bacon Fall had leased U.S.
- Navy petroleum reserves at the Teapot Dome
Oil Field in Wyoming and two other properties in California to private oil companies
at favorable rates without competitive bidding.
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- Scandals and corruption, including the notorious Teapot Dome Scandal, pervaded his administration; one of his own cabinet and several of his appointees were eventually tried, convicted, and sent to prison for bribery or defrauding the federal government.
- Coolidge restored public confidence in the White House after the scandals of his predecessor's administration and left office with considerable popularity.