Which of the following statements described what happened during the teapot scandal during harding's administration? the president pardoned two convicted criminals right before he left office. albert fall gave oil drilling rights away in exchange for monetary gifts. his vice-president swindled the security and exchange commission. it was discovered the washington, d. c., political machine was corrupt.

Albert Fall gave oil drilling rights away in exchange for monetary gifts.

Albert Fall was the Secretary of the Interior under President Harding.

Albert Fall was in control of federal oil reserves in the US. He leased drilling rights to a company for the reserves in Wyoming. When the lease came under investigation by the Senate, it was discovered that Fall had received money in exchange for the monopoly drilling rights he granted the company. This was an abuse of power and led to the removal of Albert Fall. Harding was not implicated by the scandal but it left a mark on his presidency.

on this day in 1939, in response to hitler’s invasion of poland, britain and france, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on germany.

the first casualty of that declaration was not german—but the british ocean liner athenia, which was sunk by a german u-30 submarine that had assumed the liner was armed and belligerent. there were more than 1,100 passengers on board, 112 of whom lost their lives. of those, 28 were americans, but president roosevelt was unfazed by the tragedy, declaring that no one was to “thoughtlessly or falsely talk of america sending its armies to european fields.” the united states would remain neutral.

as for britain’s response, it was initially no more than the dropping of anti-nazi propaganda leaflets—13 tons of them—over germany. they would begin bombing german ships on september 4, suffering significant losses. they were also working under orders not to harm german civilians. the german military, of course, had no such restrictions. france would begin an offensive against germany’s western border two weeks later. their effort was weakened by a narrow 90-mile window leading to the german front, enclosed by the borders of luxembourg and belgium—both neutral countries. the germans mined the passage, stalling the french offensive.

the correct answer is "cut spending on social programs."good luck

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