The Teapot Dome Scandal In The 1920's
Legal Concerns of the Day
The atmosphere in the 1920’s was filled with criminal activity. Much of this criminal activity came from the people who are supposed to give the citizens the truth and keep them safe. Ironically, they were doing the exact opposite. The Harding Administration was an extremely corrupt group of men that became severely diminished once the Teapot Dome Scandal had been discovered. It was one of the most greatest and most sensational scandal’s in the history of American politics before the Watergate Scandal (Cherny). The Teapot Dome Scandal took place in the United States from 1920 to 1923, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall leased locations to private …show more content…
People all around the country disregarded the law and did not respect it much at the time, as organized crime was booming everywhere. It was hard for anyone to trust each other, which is certainly understandable when a Major league baseball team intentionally loses the World Series, an administration made by the president of the country is corrupt and leases locations to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding, and when American mobsters were the most liked by everyone just from the prohibition of alcohol. The 1920s and 1930s proved to Americans that regulating morality was counterproductive (Park). The crime activity that had taken place has definitely affected our country today and the way we look at certain issues as a whole. For example, professional sports are always under a microscope and is observed vary closely just to make sure things are not happening that shouldn’t. To add on, The United States is taking a close look and experimenting with the legalization of marijuana, and some of that contributes from the prohibition of alcohol and the events that had taken place at that time and how they relate today with Marijuana. One of the lessons from prohibition is that we need effective regulations. States should regulate and tax the marijuana market (Peck). This is a clear sign that the prohibition of alcohol was a time of learning from our country, and that our government must prevent that kind of event from taking place in our country again, along with all of the other crime activity and
The atmosphere in the 1920’s was filled with criminal activity. Much of this criminal activity came from the people who are supposed to give the citizens the truth and keep them safe. Ironically, they were doing the exact opposite. The Harding Administration was an extremely corrupt group of men that became severely diminished once the Teapot Dome Scandal had been discovered. It was one of the most greatest and most sensational scandal’s in the history of American politics before the Watergate Scandal (Cherny). The Teapot Dome Scandal took place in the United States from 1920 to 1923, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall leased locations to private …show more content…
People all around the country disregarded the law and did not respect it much at the time, as organized crime was booming everywhere. It was hard for anyone to trust each other, which is certainly understandable when a Major league baseball team intentionally loses the World Series, an administration made by the president of the country is corrupt and leases locations to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding, and when American mobsters were the most liked by everyone just from the prohibition of alcohol. The 1920s and 1930s proved to Americans that regulating morality was counterproductive (Park). The crime activity that had taken place has definitely affected our country today and the way we look at certain issues as a whole. For example, professional sports are always under a microscope and is observed vary closely just to make sure things are not happening that shouldn’t. To add on, The United States is taking a close look and experimenting with the legalization of marijuana, and some of that contributes from the prohibition of alcohol and the events that had taken place at that time and how they relate today with Marijuana. One of the lessons from prohibition is that we need effective regulations. States should regulate and tax the marijuana market (Peck). This is a clear sign that the prohibition of alcohol was a time of learning from our country, and that our government must prevent that kind of event from taking place in our country again, along with all of the other crime activity and