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U.S. Political Scandals

Can you name these American political scandals?
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Upset over their lack of pay, several Continental Army officers plan a coup
Newburgh Conspiracy
George Washington
Georgia Governor George Matthews sells 40 million acres for $500,000
Yazoo Land Fraud
Thomas Jefferson
This disgraced Vice-President tries to start his own country
Burr Conspiracy
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams appoints Henry Clay as Secretary of State in return for the Presidency
Corrupt Bargain
Andrew Jackson
Wives of important Cabinet members socially ostracize the Eaton family
Petticoat Affair
Ulysses S. Grant
Union Pacific overcharges the government and pockets $44 million by using this shell company
Crédit Mobilier
Theodore Roosevelt
3/4 Congress members from this state resign after selling fraudulently gained land for profit
Oregon Land Fraud
Warren G. Harding
Oil companies bribe Albert Fall, Secretary of the Interior, to lease them these petroleum reserves
Teapot Dome Scandal
Lyndon B. Johnson
The government fakes this incident to escalate the Vietnam War
Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Richard Nixon
Nixon hires five men to break into the Democratic National Committee headquarters and help his re-election
Watergate
Ronald Reagan
The government sells arms to Iran and uses the revenue to fund rebels in Nicaragua
Iran-Contra Affair
Bill Clinton
The President and this intern did, indeed, have sexual relations
Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal
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