Question

The teapot dome scandal involved:

a. president harding's illicit affair with a young woman.
b. the veterans' bureau, which took bribes from the sale of government supplies.
c. the attorney general, who took bribes not to prosecute accused criminals.
d. the secretary of the interior, who received money in exchange for leasing government oil reserves to private companies.
e. herbert hoover, who received money in exchange for granting favored trading status to great britain.

Answer 1

d. the secretary of the interior, who received money in exchange for leasing government oil reserves to private companies.

Teapot dome scandal, involved secretary Interior, Albert Fall who accepted valuable gifts & large sums of money from private oil companies and in turn rewarded them with leasing contracts