Teapot Dome
1920s oil scandal
Teapot Dome was an American political scandal of the 1920s in which government officials secretly leased federal oil reserves to private companies in exchange for bribes.
The name comes from a Wyoming oil field.
The scandal became shorthand for government corruption: The administration's dealings made Teapot Dome look tame.
- political scandalPublic official's exposed wrongdoing
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- HardingScandal-plagued 1920s president
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- oil reservesRecoverable underground crude accumulations
Warren Harding · corruption · government corruption · bribery · leases · Wyoming · reserves · Fall · petroleum · kickbacks · naval · 1920s · Roaring Twenties · graft · Interior · investigation · Senate · drilling
- US HistoryAmerican Revolution, US history, Civil War, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
- Political Corruptionbribery, graft, kickbacks, cronyism, nepotism
- political scandalsWatergate, Iran-Contra, Whitewater, coverup, abuse of power
- scandalsscandal, controversy, coverup, cover-up, disgrace
- Central WyomingCasper, Evansville, Midwest, Washington Park
- oil industrypetroleum, oil fields, oil well, oil rig, oil production
political ethics and governance
Teapot Domeopen government
Right to state information
public trust · public accountability · freedom of information · sunshine laws · public auction