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Presidential Scandal

YGK These Presidential Scandals

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The election year of the "Corrupt Bargain" 1824
The alleged deal resolved the election of this year REMOVE 1824
The person who became president as a result of the "Corrupt Bargain" John Quincy Adams
The person who won a plurality of the popular and electoral vote in 1824 but not the presidency Andrew Jackson
The four candidates who ran for president in 1824 Adams, Jackson, Clay, and Crawford
The government body that selected the president because no candidate had an Electoral College majority House of Representatives
The Speaker of the House who used his influence to boost Adams in 1824 Henry Clay
Clay's reward for helping Adams become president Secretary of State
The person who called the House of Representatives selecting among the top three candidates and giving the White House to Adams a “corrupt bargain” Andrew Jackson
Jackson used the "Corrupt Bargain" issue to unseat this president in 1832 John Quincy Adams
The President whose wife had died after being targeted by negative rumors, making him sympathetic to the Eatons Andrew Jackson
Secretary of War during the Petticoat Affair John Eaton
John Eaton's wife who was unpopular with other cabinet wives Peggy Eaton
The leader of the cabinet wives who snubbed Peggy Eaton Floride Calhoun
Floride Calhoun's husband Vice President John C. Calhoun
The only cabinet member to support the Eatons (and a widower) Martin Van Buren
The government position Martin Van Buren held at the time Secretary of State
The consequence for Jackson's cabinet due to the scandal Forced to resign
The person who became Jackson's heir apparent and successor after the affair Martin Van Buren
The person who became Jackson's staunch enemy after the Petticoat Affair John C. Calhoun
The first U.S. President to be impeached Andrew Johnson
Johnson took office after the assassination of this president Abraham Lincoln
The political group infuriated by Johnson blocking Reconstruction policies Radical Republicans
The act passed by Republicans to require Senate approval for cabinet changes Tenure of Office Act
The Secretary of War Johnson tried to remove, violating the Tenure of Office Act Edwin Stanton
The month and year Johnson was impeached by the House March 1868
The number of senators needed to remove Johnson from office 36 (35 voted for removal)
The crucial Senator who broke ranks to keep Johnson in office Edmund Ross
The general who was elected president later in 1868, resuming "Radical Reconstruction" Ulysses Grant
The scandal that tarnished the presidency of Ulysses Grant The Whiskey Ring
The primary location where whiskey distillers bribed Treasury officials to evade taxes St. Louis
The federal revenue collector who coordinated the “ring” General John McDonald
Grant’s private secretary involved in the Whiskey Ring scandal Orville Babcock
The reform-minded Treasury Secretary who exposed the conspiracy in the Whiskey Ring scandal Benjamin Bristow
The approximate number of people convicted as a result of the investigation of the Whiskey Ring scandal Over 100
The president during the Pinchot–Ballinger Affair who fired Gifford Pinchot and Louis Glavis William Howard Taft
The former president whose conservation policies were seen as being reversed by Taft Theodore Roosevelt
Taft's controversial Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger
The head of the U.S. Forest Service who accused Ballinger of corruption Gifford Pinchot
The result of the investigation into Ballinger's wrongdoing Cleared of wrongdoing
The former president who broke from Taft and ran with the Progressive Party in 1912 Theodore Roosevelt
The Democrat who won the White House in 1912 due to the Republican split Woodrow Wilson
The president during the Teapot Dome scandal Warren G. Harding
The most damaging presidential scandal up to that point Teapot Dome scandal
Harding's Secretary of the Interior involved in the Teapot Dome scandal Albert Fall
The state where Navy oil reserves were leased to private companies Wyoming
The oil tycoon who allegedly bribed Albert Fall Edward Doheny
The Senator whose long-running investigation uncovered proof of Fall's corruption during the Teapot Dome scandal Thomas Walsh
The first former cabinet member to go to prison (in 1929) Albert Fall
The Supreme Court case that ruled Congress could compel testimony by issuing subpoenas McGrain v. Daugherty
The president who died suddenly in office before the scandal's full extent was revealed Warren G. Harding
The president forced to resign due to the Watergate scandal Richard Nixon
The building where burglars broke into Democratic headquarters in 1972 Watergate building
The two Washington Post reporters who investigated the case of the Watergate scandal Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
The anonymous source called “Deep Throat” during the Watergate scandal Deputy FBI director Mark Felt
The committee the break-in was linked to during the Watergate scandal Committee for the Re-Election of the President (CREEP)
The Senator who led televised hearings on the Watergate scandal Sam Ervin
The special prosecutor fired by Nixon in the Saturday Night Massacre Archibald Cox
The event where Nixon fired the special prosecutor (Cox) of the Watergate scandal Saturday Night Massacre
The court that ordered Nixon to release incriminating recordings Supreme Court
Nixon's successor who pardoned him in 1974 Gerald Ford
The president during the Iran–Contra scandal Ronald Reagan
The right-wing rebel group in Nicaragua the administration wanted to aid Contras
The socialist government of Nicaragua fighting the Contras Sandinista government
The congressional act that prohibited sending aid to the Contras Boland Amendment
The country the U.S. secretly sold arms to as part of a deal to free hostages Iran
The Lieutenant Colonel who oversaw the effort to divert funds during the Iran-Contra scandal Oliver North
The commission that investigated the Iran-Contra scandal Tower Commission
The independent counsel who investigated the Teapot Dome scandal and indicted officials Lawrence Walsh
The Defense Secretary indicted during the investigation of the Iran-Contra scandal Caspar Weinberger
The scandal that led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton Monica Lewinsky scandal
The year Clinton began an affair with a White House intern 1995
The name of the White House intern Clinton had an affair with Monica Lewinsky
Lewinsky’s friend who revealed the affair Linda Tripp
The special prosecutor who investigated the Whitewater land deal and the affair with Monica Lewinsky Kenneth Starr
The crime Starr accused Clinton of committing because he denied the affair under oath Perjury
The year the House of Representatives impeached Clinton 1998
The Republican Speaker of the House who led the Clinton impeachment effort Newt Gingrich
The house of Congress that did not vote to remove Clinton from office Senate
Punishments Bill Clinton faced besides impeachment Fined for contempt of court and briefly lost his law license
The scandal that roiled George W. Bush’s presidency amid the invasion of Iraq The Plame Affair
The year the Plame Affair took place 2003
The name of the covert CIA officer married to Joseph Wilson whose identity was leaked Valerie Plame
Valerie Plame's husband, a diplomat sent to Africa Joseph Wilson
The reason Joseph Wilson was sent to Africa To investigate reports Saddam Hussein was trying to purchase uranium
The journalist who identified Plame as a CIA agent in a column Robert Novak
The alleged motivation for the Bush administration leaking Plame's identity Payback for Wilson’s op-ed disputing the uranium claims
The chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney who was sent to prison for lying to investigators “Scooter” Libby
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