Pacific Scandal

Target entity: Pacific Scandal
Context triple: [John A. Macdonald, notableFor, Pacific Scandal]

• A. 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.
• B. 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.
• C. Morgan affair
  The Morgan affair was an 1826 incident involving the disappearance of William Morgan after he threatened to expose Masonic secrets, which sparked widespread anti-Masonic sentiment in the United States.
• D. Straperlo scandal
  The Straperlo scandal was a major political corruption affair in 1930s Spain involving rigged gambling concessions that severely damaged the reputation of the Radical Republican Party and contributed to the destabilization of the Second Spanish Republic.
• E. Calas affair
  The Calas affair was an 18th-century French legal case involving the wrongful execution of Protestant merchant Jean Calas, which became a symbol of religious intolerance and judicial injustice and inspired Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights and legal reform.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Pacific Scandal
Target entity description: The Pacific Scandal was a major 1870s Canadian political corruption affair involving the Conservative government’s handling of the Canadian Pacific Railway contract, which led to the resignation of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald.

• A. 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.
• B. 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.
• C. Morgan affair
  The Morgan affair was an 1826 incident involving the disappearance of William Morgan after he threatened to expose Masonic secrets, which sparked widespread anti-Masonic sentiment in the United States.
• D. Straperlo scandal
  The Straperlo scandal was a major political corruption affair in 1930s Spain involving rigged gambling concessions that severely damaged the reputation of the Radical Republican Party and contributed to the destabilization of the Second Spanish Republic.
• E. Calas affair
  The Calas affair was an 18th-century French legal case involving the wrongful execution of Protestant merchant Jean Calas, which became a symbol of religious intolerance and judicial injustice and inspired Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights and legal reform.
• F. None of above. chosen