The Teapot Dome
The Teapot Dome scandal (1921-1923) took place during the administration of Warren G. Harding. His Secretary of the Interior resigned in January, 1923, and Harding died in office on August 2, 1923. The trials took place during the terms of Calvin Coolidge.
The major accomplishment he did during presidency was the Harding ended the First World War with treaties that built on the Treaty of Versailles.
His biggest failure was to appoint friends to his cabinet and then to trust them without supervision.
The Teapot Dome scandal became infamous during the administration of Warren G. Harding. Albert Fall, the Secretary of the Interior was convicted to accepting bribes from private oil companies to acquire oil leases on federal lands such as the Tea Dome in Wyoming.
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During the Harding administration, the negative form of normalcy that returned was political corruption and scandals. The infamous Teapot Dome scandal involved government officials accepting bribes in exchange for granting oil drilling leases on federal land. This tainted the reputation of the administration and reflected a regression from the progress made in cleaning up politics during the Progressive Era.
No, Warren Harding was the president during the early 20th century from 1921 to 1923.
Warren Harding was the president during the 20th centuryfrom 1921 to 1923.
The major scandal during Warren G. Harding's administration was known as the Teapot Dome scandal. It involved the illegal leasing of federal oil reserves to private companies in exchange for bribes.
President Warren G. Harding was the president during the Teapot Dome scandal, also known as the Oil Reserves Scandal. This occurred between 1920 and 1923, and it involved the taking of a bribe by Albert B. Fall, who was the Secretary of the Interior in Harding's cabinet.
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