U.S.Government Scandals

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1. Who was President of the United States at the time of the 'Whiskey Ring Scandal'? Andrew Johnson Benjamin Harrison Rutherford Hayes Ulysses S. Grant

2. In what State were the Teapot Dome government-owned Navy oil reserves located? Utah Oklahoma California Wyoming

3. For what crime was Albert Bacon Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, convicted in 1929 involving the Teapot Dome Scandal? Obstruction of Justice Illegally leasing Navy Oil reserves Accepting a bribe Perjury

4. Who was President of the U. S. at the time that the Senate Public Lands Committee uncovered the illegal leasing of government-owned oil reserves to a private company? Calvin Coolidge William Mckinley Warren Harding William Taft

5. Which military organization took control of Nicaragua from the Somoza Government? Answer: ( One Word)

6. Which man was NOT included in the initial indictment of 4 persons, by a Grand Jury, for illegal operational conspiracy in the Iran Contra affair? Richard Secord Oliver North Robert C. McFarlane John Poindexter

7. Of the 11 persons charged and tried by the Independent Prosecutor, Lawrence Walsh, with serious criminal acts in the Iran-Contra affair , who was the only one that served time in prison? Richard R. Miller Richard Secord Thomas G. Cline Albert Hakim

8. Who planned and directed the break-in of the Democratic National Headquarters in the Watergate building, which led to the 'Watergate scandal' and the resignation of President Nixon? John N. Mitchell H.R. Haldeman G. Gordon Liddy John W. Dean, III.

9. Who fired Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox during the Watergate investigation on orders from President Nixon that resulted in the so-called, 'Saturday Night Massacre'? Elliot Richardson Robert H. Bork William Ruckelhaus John N. Mitchell

10. Who testified before the Senate committee to investigate the Watergate scandal and revealed the presence of voice activated tape recorders in President Nixon's office? Alexander Butterfield Charles Colson John W. Dean, III. John N. Mitchell