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The Teapot Dome Scandal
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Author : Barbara J. Davis
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2007-07
The Teapot Dome Scandal written by Barbara J. Davis and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Examines the Teapot Dome scandal, describing how the administration of President Warren G. Harding illegally leased government-owned oil reserves and the trial that followed.
The Teapot Dome Scandal
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-12-19
The Teapot Dome Scandal written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-19 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes quotes from participants and Congress *Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading "I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights!" - President Warren Harding Americans in the 21st century cite the relatively recent Watergate Scandal, and to a lesser degree the Enron Oil Scandal, as prime examples of modern governmental corruption. It is a widely held perception that these incidents, particularly the one bringing about the first resignation of an American president, caused the public to lose trust in federal institutions and political figures. However, the prototype for the breakdown of governmental fidelity lies in the early 20th century, a time in which the recent territories of the United States struggled to evolve from a lawless, Wild West culture. The federal government viewed its western resources as both unlimited and outside the grasp of the government. The leading oil barons, born and raised in the 19th century, were accustomed to federally-blessed land-grabs and easily obtained mining and lumber interests, often doled out to the social and financial elite under the guise of exploration. Federal interference was minimal in contrast to later decades, and the government itself was eager to conquer the West through large-tract farming, river management, mineral and timber development, not to mention the procurement of oil for a growing society as coal gave way to new types of fuel. The early 20th century was a time of sudden growth for the young American automobile industry, and of a military beginning to extend its reach around the world. In what would become largely a jurisdictional dispute over Western natural resources, the unbridled oil industry of the new century collided with the United States military and the Department of the Interior, set against the dominance of a corruption-riddled presidential administration. For the first time in American history, in a test between entrepreneurism and government management, a high-ranking cabinet official was convicted of corruption and sent to prison in the aftermath, along with his co-conspirators. In the ensuing Congressional investigation that sought to root out the widespread graft, bribery, and usurpation of government property over the following decade, the two-year affair became commonly known as the Teapot Dome Scandal. Although three major oil fields were actually involved, including Elk Hills and Buena Vista in the San Joaquin Valley of California, the symbol of the incident became a rock formation north of Casper, Wyoming, shaped in what most observers would describe as a teapot. Beneath this formation lay an enormous reservoir of crude oil, and all of it the property of the United States Navy. On June 4, 1920, Congress at last declared that the Secretary of the Navy was to hold the power to "conserve, develop, use and operate," at its discretion, a tract of approximately 70,000 acres in California. The Wyoming fields fell under the same dictate, and although Teapot was the smaller reserve in terms of acreage, it contained a great deal more oil than its Californian counterparts. Although never directly implicated in the row over Teapot Dome and its sister fields, the administration of Republican Warren G. Harding, elected in November of 1921, set the scandal in motion by transferring control of the Navy's oil fields to the Department of Interior, at the Secretary of the Interior's incessant urging. Albert Fall, the Secretary of the Interior at the time and a Harding appointee, was one of several poker-playing cronies in the president's cabinet. Once his department gained control over the Navy's oil fields, Fall subsequently took it upon himself to offer secret leases and contracts to independent oil companies.
The Teapot Dome Scandal
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Author : Laton McCartney
language : en
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Release Date : 2009-01-13
The Teapot Dome Scandal written by Laton McCartney and has been published by Random House Trade Paperbacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-13 with History categories.
In this amazing and at times ribald story, Laton McCartney tells how Big Oil handpicked Warren G. Harding, an obscure Ohio senator, to serve as our twenty-third president. Harding and his “oil cabinet” made it possible for cronies to secure vast fuel reserves that had been set aside for use by the U.S. Navy. In exchange, the oilmen paid off senior government officials, bribed newspaper publishers, and covered the GOP campaign debt. When news of the scandal finally emerged, the consequences were disastrous. Drawing on contemporary records newly made available to McCartney, The Teapot Dome Scandal reveals a shocking, revelatory picture of just how far-reaching the affair was, how high the stakes, and how powerful the conspirators–all told in a dazzling narrative style.
The Teapot Dome Scandal
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Author : Laton McCartney
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2008-03-25
The Teapot Dome Scandal written by Laton McCartney and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-25 with History categories.
Mix hundreds of millions of dollars in petroleum reserves; rapacious oil barons and crooked politicians; under-the-table payoffs; murder, suicide, and blackmail; White House cronyism; and the excesses of the Jazz Age. The result: the granddaddy of all American political scandals, Teapot Dome. In The Teapot Dome Scandal, acclaimed author Laton McCartney tells the amazing, complex, and at times ribald story of how Big Oil handpicked Warren G. Harding, an obscure Ohio senator, to serve as our twenty-third president. Harding and his so-called “oil cabinet” made it possible for the oilmen to secure vast oil reserves that had been set aside for use by the U.S. Navy. In exchange, the oilmen paid off senior government officials, bribed newspaper publishers, and covered the GOP campaign debt. When news of the scandal finally emerged, the consequences were disastrous for the nation and for the principles in the plot to bilk the taxpayers: Harding’s administration was hamstrung; Americans’ confidence in their government plummeted; Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall was indicted, convicted, and incarcerated; and others implicated in the affair suffered similarly dire fates. Stonewalling by members of Harding’s circle kept a lid on the story–witnesses developed “faulty” memories or fled the country, and important documents went missing–but contemporary records newly made available to McCartney reveal a shocking, revelatory picture of just how far-reaching the affair was, how high the stakes, and how powerful the conspirators. In giving us a gimlet-eyed but endlessly entertaining portrait of the men and women who made a tempest of Teapot Dome, Laton McCartney again displays his gift for faithfully rendering history with the narrative touch of an accomplished novelist.
The Politics Of Justice
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Author : Herman B. Weisner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
The Politics Of Justice written by Herman B. Weisner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Political Science categories.
The Story Of The Teapot Dome Scandal
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Author : Jim Hargrove
language : en
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Release Date : 1989
The Story Of The Teapot Dome Scandal written by Jim Hargrove and has been published by Children's Press(CT) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Describes the causes, events, and aftermath of the scandal known as Teapot Dome which helped ruin the reputation of the administration of Warren G. Harding, the twenty-ninth president.
Teapot Dome
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Author : Burl Noggle
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1980
Teapot Dome written by Burl Noggle and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with History categories.
This study traces affinities between the late prophetic poems of William Blake and the work of the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. Both feature concepts (the Spectre fought by Blake's poet-prophet Los, and Kierkegaard's idea of "dread") embodying a spirit of philosophical negation, skepticism, and dialectic which the writers sought to resist. Lorraine Clark uses Kierkegaard's philosophy to illuminate Blake's prophecies, showing that both offer the basis for a profound critique of romanticism, while themselves partaking of some of the ideals and tensions central to our understanding of the romantic movement.
The Teapot Dome Scandal How Big Oil Bought The Harding White House And Tried To Steal The Country
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
The Teapot Dome Scandal How Big Oil Bought The Harding White House And Tried To Steal The Country written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.
Slick And The Duchess
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Author : John Ravage
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Slick And The Duchess written by John Ravage and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Fiction categories.
THE 1920'S: OIL, SEX, MURDER, NATIONAL SCANDAL A reporter for the DENVER POST, a lady-of-the- evening, a Wyoming trapper and an oil scandal that shook the world culminate in the death of the President of the United States.
Teapot Dome
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Author : Morris Robert Werner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Teapot Dome written by Morris Robert Werner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Business & Economics categories.