What was the teapot dome scandal? a. it was a scandal during the harding administration in which the secretary of the interior took bribes to lease naval oil reserves to two oil men. b. it was a scandal during the wilson administration in which the secretary of state sold munitions to germany during world war i. c. it was a scandal during the harding administration in which the president openly had an affair with his secretary. d. it was a scandal during the wilson administration in which the president refused to receive the king of england at the white house.