The <span>Teapot Dome scandal, oil scandal and Ohio Gang scandal.
These scandals made the American citizens lose faith in the government. </span>
The meaning of the quote "Without feeling of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beast" is a saying that humans have a certain level of consciousness that separates us from any other creature. We he created this type of society where we are expected to uphold certain standards, unlike our more primitive counterparts.
Landowners turned to African slaves as a more profitable and ever-renewable source of labor and the shift from indentured servants to racial slavery had begun.