As a result of the teapot dome scandal, the public lost faith in the federal government’s oversight of;

a. businesses.
b. the stock market.
c. agriculture.
d. banks.

A.businesses.

Explanation:

The Teapot Dome Scandal was a scandal that revealed greed and corruption in the federal government. It happened in the 1920s and until the Watergate Scandal, it was known as the biggest scandal of the US Federal Government.

It consisted of the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of interior Albert Bacon Fall. He granted Mammoth Oil Company exclusive rights to the Teapot Dome reserves and did the same for the Pan American Petroleum Company to the Elk Hills and Buena Vista Hill reserves. As compensation, he received more than 200 thousand dollars in Liberty Bonds.

Because of that, the public lost faith in the government’s businesses.

A.businesses.

Explanation:

Teapot Dome Scandal has lost the faith of the public in the federal government as it was the biggest bribery scandal of the 1920's. Albert Bacon Fall, former Secretary of the Interior who came in power backed by the oil businessman accept the charges of bribery from oil companies in exchange for the exclusive rights to drill on the government reserved land. The land was reserved to fuel navy ships in case of emergency or war.