AMH 23: The Red Scare
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When was Warren G. Harding President?
1921-1923
What are the 5 scandals of the Harding Administration?
Florence
Attorney General Harry Daugherty
Alien Property Department
Veteran’s Bureau
Teapot Dome
Who were these scandals related to?
The Ohio Gang-Hardings friends
Who was the Veterans’ Bureau Scandal related to?
Charles Forbes
What was Charles Forbes position in the Veterans’ Bureau?
Director
Handles VA Hospital contracts
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
Who was the First Lady’s favorite drinking buddy?
Attorney General Harry Daugherty
What was Attorney General Harry Daugherty/FBI most concerned with?
Volstead Act
Find everyone who is drinking/selling
What was Daugherty doing behind everyones back?
selling pardons and liquor license
What occurred when Daugherty was brought up on charges?
“Defrauding the U.S. government”
Pled the 5th
Acquitted
Who is Jesse Smith & Thomas Miller?
Jesse Smith: friends with Attorney General since childhood
Thomas Miller: administrator over the Alien Property Department
What occurred in the Alien Property Scandal?
Smith gives Miller $50K
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In return Miller gives Smith German patents
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1923: Scandal Breaks
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Smith commits suicide
Miller is brought up on charges and spends time in jail
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
Who was the Secretary of the Interior and what was he in charge of?
Albert Fall
Oil reserves- Wyoming, Teapot Dome
What did Fall do at Teapot Dome?
Took a “loan” (bribe) from Harry Sinclair (Sinclair Oil)
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Was able to electrify his house in the middle of nowhere Nevada
What were the punishments of Sinclair and Fall?
Sinclair: acquitted of everything
Fall: 10 months in jail, $10K fine
What occurred on Harding’s Voyage of Understanding?
Went all the way to Alaska
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Had indigestion
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Florence’s doctor said it was just food poisoning
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Harding has a heart attack in CA
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Dies August 2, 1923
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