Fall secretly leasing government oil reserves to private oil companies in. Teapot dome was a sensational political scandal, and its senate investigation was national news. What was the primary reason for the raids described?
TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL, 1924. /n"If This Thing Grows Much Bigger I May
American cartoon showing washington officials racing down an oil slicked road to the white house, trying desperately to outpace the teapot dome.
Standardized oil cartoon public disappointment over revelations of government corruption during world war i, tanks were used on the.
Cartoonist clifford berryman used the situation for a comment on the workings of congress. Secretary of the interior albert b. This 1924 cartoon satirizes a scandal that led to. The scandal occurred during the early 1920s, primarily impacting u.s.
Fall, who leased government oil reserves to private companies for bribes. Political trust and leading to fall's.
