SAT US History Practice Question

The Credit Mobilier scandal of the 1870s and the Teapot Dome of the 1920s are similar in that they both demonstrate the

1. A.lack of government oversight over the savings and loan industry.
2. B.cutthroat political competition between the Democrat and Republican Parties, which has often resulted in underhanded campaign practices.
3. C.prevalence of corrupt municipal political machines in the United States.
4. D.tendency of an overzealous press to invent stories in order to sell newspapers.
5. E.willingness of politicians to accept bribes from large corporations in exchange for granting these corporations political favors.