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12. Sept. 2017 · The Teapot Dome Scandal of the 1920s shocked Americans by revealing an unprecedented level of greed and corruption within the federal government. The scandal involved ornery oil tycoons,...
The Teapot Dome scandal has historically been regarded as the worst such scandal in the United States – the "high water mark" of cabinet corruption. It is often used as a benchmark for comparison with subsequent scandals.
Teapot Dome Scandal, in American history, scandal of the early 1920s surrounding the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of the interior, Albert Bacon Fall. As a result, ‘Teapot Dome’ entered the American political vocabulary as a synonym for governmental corruption.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Teapot-Dome-Skandal. Postkarte aus der Zeit des Skandals: „Teapot Rock – Famous Teapot Dome – Oil District – In Wyoming“. Der Teapot-Dome-Skandal war einer der größten politische Bestechungsskandale in der Geschichte der USA und ähnlich wie die Watergate-Affäre noch lange beispielhaft für eine erschütternde Affäre.
2. März 2018 · The Teapot Dome scandal of the 1920s demonstrated to Americans that the oil industry could wield great power and influence government policy to the point of outright corruption. The scandal, which played out on newspaper front pages and in silent newsreel films, seemed to create a template for later scandals.
8. Nov. 2014 · The Teapot Dome scandal of the 1920s involved national security, big oil companies and bribery and corruption at the highest levels of the government of the United States. It was the most serious scandal in the country’s history prior to the Watergate affair of the Nixon administration in the 1970s.
17. Mai 2018 · United States and Canada. U.S. History. Teapot Dome Scandal. views 2,455,079 updated May 17 2018. Teapot Dome Scandal. The Teapot Dome scandal was the most notorious of several political scandals that erupted during the 1920s. The bribery case and its investigation affected even the White House.
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