Credit Mobilier scandal

Target entity: Credit Mobilier scandal
Context triple: [Ulysses S. Grant administration, significantEvent, Credit Mobilier scandal]

• A. Bettencourt affair
  The Bettencourt affair was a major French political and financial scandal involving L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, allegations of tax evasion, illegal political donations, and influence peddling at the highest levels of the French government.
• B. 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.
• C. 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.
• D. 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.
• E. Saltergate
  Saltergate is a small hamlet in North Yorkshire, England, known as a popular stopping point on the A169 road overlooking the scenic Hole of Horcum in the North York Moors.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Credit Mobilier scandal
Target entity description: The Credit Mobilier scandal was a major 1870s political corruption affair involving fraudulent railroad construction contracts and widespread bribery of U.S. congressmen and officials.

• A. Bettencourt affair
  The Bettencourt affair was a major French political and financial scandal involving L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, allegations of tax evasion, illegal political donations, and influence peddling at the highest levels of the French government.
• B. 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.
• C. 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.
• D. 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.
• E. Saltergate
  Saltergate is a small hamlet in North Yorkshire, England, known as a popular stopping point on the A169 road overlooking the scenic Hole of Horcum in the North York Moors.
• F. None of above. chosen