Ballinger–Pinchot affair

Target entity: Ballinger–Pinchot affair
Context triple: [Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act, associatedWith, Ballinger–Pinchot affair]

• A. Teapot Dome scandal
  The Teapot Dome scandal was a major 1920s U.S. political corruption case involving the secret leasing of federal oil reserves that severely damaged public trust in the Harding administration.
• B. Whiskey Ring scandal
  The Whiskey Ring scandal was a major 1870s U.S. political corruption scheme involving distillers and government officials who conspired to defraud the federal government of liquor tax revenues during President Ulysses S. Grant’s administration.
• C. Gaspee Affair
  The Gaspee Affair was a 1772 pre-Revolutionary incident in which American colonists attacked and burned the British customs schooner HMS Gaspee, helping fuel tensions that led to the American Revolution.
• D. Thornton Affair
  The Thornton Affair was an 1846 skirmish between Mexican and U.S. troops along the disputed Texas–Mexico border that helped trigger the Mexican–American War.
• E. Beecher–Tilton scandal
  The Beecher–Tilton scandal was a highly publicized 1870s adultery and seduction controversy involving famed preacher Henry Ward Beecher and Elizabeth Tilton that captivated and divided Victorian-era American society.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Ballinger–Pinchot affair
Target entity description: The Ballinger–Pinchot affair was a major U.S. political scandal of the early 1910s involving disputes over conservation policy and public land management that deepened the rift within the Republican Party and damaged President William Howard Taft’s administration.

• A. Teapot Dome scandal
  The Teapot Dome scandal was a major 1920s U.S. political corruption case involving the secret leasing of federal oil reserves that severely damaged public trust in the Harding administration.
• B. Whiskey Ring scandal
  The Whiskey Ring scandal was a major 1870s U.S. political corruption scheme involving distillers and government officials who conspired to defraud the federal government of liquor tax revenues during President Ulysses S. Grant’s administration.
• C. Gaspee Affair
  The Gaspee Affair was a 1772 pre-Revolutionary incident in which American colonists attacked and burned the British customs schooner HMS Gaspee, helping fuel tensions that led to the American Revolution.
• D. Thornton Affair
  The Thornton Affair was an 1846 skirmish between Mexican and U.S. troops along the disputed Texas–Mexico border that helped trigger the Mexican–American War.
• E. Beecher–Tilton scandal
  The Beecher–Tilton scandal was a highly publicized 1870s adultery and seduction controversy involving famed preacher Henry Ward Beecher and Elizabeth Tilton that captivated and divided Victorian-era American society.
• F. None of above. chosen