9. What was the Teapot Dome scandal?

It wasted taxpayers’ money by spending many thousands of dollars on a great deal of floor cleaner.

It allowed the Attorney General to use his position to accept money from criminals.

It allowed President Harding to reduce government regulation of business and return to a more traditional laissez-faire approach.

It involved transferring oil reserves from the Navy Department to the Interior Department and then forgot about the Navy’s needs.