What Was the Teapot Dome Affair

question 62

Multiple Choice

What was the Teapot Dome Affair?

• A) It led to an attempt to impeach Harding that fell just four votes short of success in the House of Representatives.
• B) It concerned a corrupt U.S. customs official who had regularly allowed Chinese imports into the country duty-free.
• C) It was the impeachment of the attorney general for fraudulent handling of German assets seized after the First World War.
• D) It involved the revelation that Harding had fathered a child out of wedlock and had been unfaithful to his wife.
• E) It involved the leasing of government-owned oil deposits to private companies, as the secretary of the Interior took bribes from an oil tycoon.

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