Teapot Dome scandal

On April 10,1922 was when the teapot dome scandal began. The teapot dome scandal was a scandal dealing with the oil companies and the white house. It was also where the oil companies found a lot of oil(history.com). They used the oil as vast fuel. The scandal was important because the oil companies bought the white house. The corruption was so bad that the oil companies bought the white house. The scandal was hard for fitzgerald because he was living through corruption. During the war the government didn’t appreciate veterans. They let the veterans just go on with their life. When the oil companies were digging for oil water would come out of the earth. The water that came out of the earth was a valuable resource. Warren G harding was the…

Behind closed door deals, bribes, scandal, trades, mass corporations, sounds like the next top crime show, but this is no show. This is the Oil Reserves Scandal also known as the Teapot Dome Scandal. The Teapot Dome Scandal took place in the early 1920s. It was the secret leasing of federal oils by the Secretary of Interior, Albert Fall. After President Harding switched the oil reserve lands from the Navy to the Department of Interior in 1921, Albert Fall secretly gave Harry F. Sinclair from…

A better documented scandal is the Teapot Dome scandal. In this scandal, hundreds of thousands of unsecured loans were given. During the presidency of Warren Hardin in 1920, congress gave the secretary of the Navy the power of leasing government owned oil reserves to private companies. In 1921, this power was taken from the Secretary of the Navy and given to the Department of the Interior. This department was led by a close friend of Harding. The head of the Department of the Interior was Albert…

Despite the 1920s being known as one of the greatest eras of all time due to its luxurious lifestyles and inordinate parties that seemed to start when the sun disappeared and didn't end until the sun once more appeared again, nevertheless, the 1920s was also a time where corruption in government, gang violence and crimes against U.S. law an insurmountable rise that had its disastrous consequences. At the time, President Warren G. Harding was a president that was adored by many, but shortly after…

The Harding Administration During President Warren Harding administration, there were many political scandals that took place. The Ohio gang as they came known to be, were a group of politicians and leaders that were endorsed by Harding himself. Ohio gang would commit several financial scams underneath the nose of Harding. ignorance would mark the downfall of his reign in the office. Many people believed he was behind these scams while others believed he was oblivious and incompetent.…

Robert La Follette Robert La Follette once said, “‘Men must be aggressive for what is right if government is to be saved from men who are aggressive for what is wrong.’” Robert La Follette didn’t just say these words of wisdom, he lived them out. La Follette spent much of his life fighting for what he believed in, especially in politics. He used his position in society to shed light on many pressing issues. He fought for conservation, lower tariffs, and better conditions for American sailors,…

A teapot with the detailing of a realistic looking heart with chain links wrapped tightly around the heart is called “Heart Teapot: Petrol Hostage,” and it is one of many teapots in the Yixing Series by American ceramist, Richard Notkin, in 2013 (Pentilla, 2014). Notkin’s ceramic heart teapot is a relatively small teapot (6.5” x 11.25” x 5.75”) made from stoneware with a matte glaze that appears to have a rusted color that covers the entire teapot. The abstract teapot was designed to look like a…

The Dome of the Rock has a substantial egg molded vault that is principally made of a gold shaded material. The building is octagonal and has exceptionally detailed outlines around the whole outside. The building appears to have an attention on symmetry and repetition. The shading plans and outlines are rehashed around the entire building. The outlines and shapes are fundamentally blue, green, and yellow. The dome has tiles lining it the distance to the point on the top where a little pole…

Brunelleschi’s Pazzi Chapel at Santa Croce, begun in 1441 in Florence furthers the application of geometric ideals in a chapter house for clergymen. Although not exactly centrally planned due to the additional breadth from flanking barrel vaults, the ordered designs of the primary space and central dome demonstrate Brunelleschi’s ordered design. The chapel’s dome “rests above the center of a rectangular structure,” similar to Hagia Sophia. Its dome is unique from the Old Sacristy in its…

A lot of architecture in this modern era reflects that of the past. Ancient Rome specifically had a large influence on the structure of buildings that still stand today. Asheville in particular is a very architecturally interesting city because it hasn 't been completely modernized with tall, straight buildings and has many older buildings still standing even in the center of town. There are many buildings and churches in this little town that reflect past building techniques and styles. One…