AMH 23: The Red Scare

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When was Warren G. Harding President?

1921-1923

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What are the 5 scandals of the Harding Administration?

  1. Florence

  2. Attorney General Harry Daugherty

  3. Alien Property Department

  4. Veteran’s Bureau

  5. Teapot Dome

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Who were these scandals related to?

The Ohio Gang-Hardings friends

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Who was the Veterans’ Bureau Scandal related to?

Charles Forbes

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What was Charles Forbes position in the Veterans’ Bureau?

Director

  • Handles VA Hospital contracts

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What happens in 1923 after the press investigated how $200,000,000 was stolen?

  • Forbes flees to Europe →

  • Extradited back →

  • Trial →

  • Guilty of “defrauding the U.S. government.”

    • 2 years in jail

    • $10K fine

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Who was the First Lady’s favorite drinking buddy?

Attorney General Harry Daugherty

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What was Attorney General Harry Daugherty/FBI most concerned with?

Volstead Act

  • Find everyone who is drinking/selling

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What was Daugherty doing behind everyones back?

selling pardons and liquor license

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What occurred when Daugherty was brought up on charges?

“Defrauding the U.S. government”

  • Pled the 5th

  • Acquitted

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Who is Jesse Smith & Thomas Miller?

Jesse Smith: friends with Attorney General since childhood

Thomas Miller: administrator over the Alien Property Department

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What occurred in the Alien Property Scandal?

Smith gives Miller $50K

In return Miller gives Smith German patents

1923: Scandal Breaks

  • Smith commits suicide

  • Miller is brought up on charges and spends time in jail

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In WWI we needed a new type of ship. What were they called and what were they based on?

Dread Knot

  • Combustion powered engine

  • Oil based

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Who was the Secretary of the Interior and what was he in charge of?

Albert Fall

  • Oil reserves- Wyoming, Teapot Dome

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What did Fall do at Teapot Dome?

Took a “loan” (bribe) from Harry Sinclair (Sinclair Oil)

Was able to electrify his house in the middle of nowhere Nevada

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What were the punishments of Sinclair and Fall?

Sinclair: acquitted of everything

Fall: 10 months in jail, $10K fine

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What occurred on Harding’s Voyage of Understanding?

Went all the way to Alaska

Had indigestion

Florence’s doctor said it was just food poisoning

Harding has a heart attack in CA

Dies August 2, 1923