People involved
Secretary of the Interior who secretly leased federal oil reserves.
Who was Albert B. Fall?
The natural resources that were leased during the scandal
What are oil reserves?
The name "teapot dome" comes form this formation:
What is a rock formation?
Fall had received large sums of this for the leases
What is money?
The scandal damaged public confidence in:
What is the government?
The Teapot Dome scandal occurred during the administration of this president
Who was Warren G. Harding?
Albert Fall accepted these in exchange for leases
What are bribes?
the Teapot Dome was a reserve for this branch of the military
What is the U.S. Navy?
The Supreme Court ruled the leases should be this:
What is canceled?
After the scandal, the oil leases were given to:
What is the government?
they were businessmen who received oil leases from Fall (any one of the two)
Who were Harry F. Sinclair?
Who was Edward L. Doheny?
The scandal became public information in this decade.
What are the 1920s?
The reserves were meant to provide fuel for these military vehicles.
What are naval ships?
the branch of government that investigated the scandal
What is Congress?
Albert Fall became the first U.S. Cabinet member to go here:
What is go to prison?
This president took office after Harding's death and helped restore public trust
Who was Calvin Coolidge?
The leases were given without this process (most federal resources are leased using this)
What is competitive bidding?
Another naval oil reserve involved in the scandal was located in this state
What is California?
This committee held hearings for the scandal.
What is the Senate Public Lands Committee?
investigators traced suspicious payments to Albert Fall through records from these:
What are banks?