Answer:
The Teapot Dome Scandal was the corruption scandal that plagued the Harding Administration.
Explanation:
The Secretary of the Interior was giving away oil drilling sites that were being held as Naval reserves (to ensure adequate fuel for Naval ships) in the Dakotas without a competitive bidding process in return for bribes. The impact on the American public was a loss of faith in their Government as Secretary Fall was the first Cabinet member to go to prison.
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Everyone, no matter, their wealth will still have a fair trial.
One of the main reasons for this is in order to stop losing support for the war effort. As was seen in the espionage act and the sedition act, talking disloyally about the war effort was seen as treason and people would be punished for such things. This was because the government did not want the people to sabotage the effort and to prevent others from supporting the war effort.
You should object to such laws because they infringe on first amendment rights since they are limiting your freedom of speech. Thanks to supreme court action, such laws would not be passed today because they would be unconstitutional since people have the right to criticize their government in a democratic country.
