THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S
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Question
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the teapot dome scandal involved the secret leasing of government owned oil reserves for private companies
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true
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false
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming, as well as two locations in California, to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding. The leases were the subject of a seminal investigation by Senator Thomas J. Walsh.
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