Question

According to the passage, President Harding granted control over the nation's oil reserves to what department in 1921?

A. Department of the Interior
B. Department of Defense
C. Department of Justice
D. Department of Agriculture

Answer 1

A. Department of the Interior

Step-by-step explanation:

In 1921, President Harding issued an executive order that transferred control of Teapot Dome Oil Field in Natrona County, Wyoming, and the Elk Hills and Buena Vista Oil Fields in Kern County, California, from the Navy Department to the Department of the Interior.