The Tea Pot Dome Scandal was one of the most extreme examples of government corruption in United States history. The issue revolved around oil rich lands at Tea Pot Dome, Wyoming and Elk Hills California that had been set aside by the government for use by the U.S. Navy as emergency reserves.
the sons of liberty used it as leverage and overdramatized it to get more people to join their cause, calling it a massacre and saying that the men were ordered to fire when they weren't
