What happened in the 1920s teapot dome scandal?
A. President Herbert Hoover was caught having an affair with one of the secretaries in the White House
B. Interior secretary Albert fall received bribes to lease naval oil reserves to two private companies
C

B. Interior secretary Albert fall received bribes to lease naval oil reserves to two private companies. During the Harding administration, Fall had signed leases with the Doheny family and Harry Sinclair for the Teapot Dome and Elk Hills, two naval oil reserves in California and Wyoming. These leases were made without competitive bidding, which allowed the two oil companies to receive the reserves at low prices. Fall received bribes from the two companies and was charged with accepting bribes, fraud, and conspiracy. He was found guilty and served nine months of a one-year prison sentence in 1929.