Teapot Dome Scandal – Flashcards
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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Secretary of the Interior (Albert Fall) leased government land in California and at Teapot Dome, Wyoming to 2 oil executives- Fall became the first Cabinet official to be sent to prison
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Albert B. Fall
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secretary of the interior under harding
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Edwin Denby
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an American lawyer and politician who served as Secretary of the Navy in the administrations of Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge from 1921 to 1924
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Harry F. Sinclair
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Oilman involved in the Teapot Dome scandal; he bribed Albert Fall with about $300,000, but was not convicted with this. He was sentenced to several months in jail for "shadowing" jurors and for refusing to testify before a Senate committee.
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Edward L. Doheny
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Oilman who bribed Fall $100,000 in the Teapot Dome scandal; he was acquitted in court.
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William Harding
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president during teapot dome scandel, out of office in 1923 because he dies of heart attack
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Teapot Dome, Elk Hills, and Buena Vista Hills
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The three oil reserves involved in the scandal
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Thomas Walsh
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Senator from Montana that exposed the Teapot Dome Scandal
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acquit
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to find not guilty of a fault or crime
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embezzling
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The year Albert. B Fall was found guilty of embezzling naval oil reserves
