Teapot Dome scandal

The Teapot Dome scandal involved national security, big oil companies, bribery and corruption at the highest level of the United States government. Before Nixon and the Watergate affair, this was the most serious scandal in our country’s history. The affair took its name from Teapot Dome, a rock formation in Wyoming that looked like a teapot and, more importantly, stood atop a large government naval oil reserve. Albert B. Fall, a rancher and New Mexico’s first U.S. Senator, served as secretary…

historians because of the scandals during his term and lack of political experience, Warren G. Harding had many failures and a great deal of corruption during his term. During his term he was a popular president, but after he died, all of his many scandals and love affairs were released to the public, ruining his reputation. No one believed their beloved president would end up to have one of the most corrupt terms in United States history. While he never took part in these scandals himself,…

managed to find work as a miner, a real estate agent, and livestock worker before becoming a lawyer. Albert became an Associate Judge before people knew he was miscounting election returns. Fall would go on to commit a scandal of bigger proportions which was the Teapot Dome Scandal. This name originated from a rock shaped…

in many ways because mainly we are now seeing similar scandal accusations in both our political parties. Most recently famous is the clinton email scandal, where top secret emails were allegedly hacked off the Hillary Clinton’s home private server. This created heavy mistrust between her party and the American people, and as a result, just like FDR, the American people wanted something different and elected Donald Trump, overlooking scandals of his own. Additionally our societies are similar…

type of legislature was very against the normal “richer get richer, poor stay poor” type of society ruled by monopolies and the social elite. He even demonstrated his distain for corrupt politicians by initiating the in-depth investigation of the Teapot Dome…

History Era Project 1970-1990 The Challenger space shuttle disaster was the worst moment in the NASA programs history.It starts as a normal day it was going to mark the shuttles 10th successfully launch.The Challenger was expected to perform as expected after being tested for 11 months there were no doubts about the launch. When the shuttle took off everything was normal, but after 73 seconds it exploded killing all 7 crew members including a school teacher.Marking it as the most horrific moment…

During the 1920's there where numerous amount of illegal activity some being police bribery, Prostitution, Gang affiliation, Speak easies, Teapot scandal and many more. It was a time where law was not as followed at times because it was considered the golden age because of the many changes during this time such as the development of cars, women became rebellious, new type of literature arose. Many factors contribute to this but the one that really stood out as the root of the…

Franklin Roosevelt’s best and most famous program was the New Deal, which was meant to reduce unemployment and provide welfare for poor people after the Great depression. He did this by increasing the governments involvement in the economy. This program was a success through many organizations such as Civilian Conservation Corps, TVA and WPA, which increased the economy greatly. After the Great Depression it struck havoc to the American people and the nation, it was even nicknamed “Black…

amendment, which was ratified on February 10, 1967. Coolidge utilized this clause when he succeeded into office and strived to rebuild the authority of the position. The most relevant scandal was the Teapot Dome scandal, which consisted of bribery regarding Harding’s Cabinet and several oil companies. The Teapot Dome Scandal did not surface until Coolidge took office (Folsom). To overcome the mistrust of the people, Coolidge immediately administered his simple minded policies, that were, in some…

African Americans seemed to be a continued problem for America. Economic prosperity failed to prevent social, cultural, and political divisions between the United States. Political cartoons such as “The Menace of Modern Immigration” and “The Teapot Dome Scandal” show political divisions after the 20’s. The Monkey Trial, which also shows a cultural division between the United States that helps support the idea that America, had continuous division problems during the 1920’s after economical…