The Biggest Scandal of the Harding Administration

question 85

Multiple Choice

The biggest scandal of the Harding administration:

• A) led to an attempt to impeach Harding that fell just four votes short of success in the House of Representatives
• B) concerned a corrupt U.S. customs official who had regularly allowed Chinese imports into the country duty-free
• C) was the impeachment of the attorney general for fraudulent handling of German assets seized after World War I
• D) was his fathering a child out of wedlock
• E) involved the leasing of government-owned oil deposits to private companies

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