The Teapot Dome Scandal was an oil reserve scandal during the 1920’s. What object is used to represent the scandal and why?

It can be inferred that the dramatic increase in defense spending by germany was the result of. (a) attempts by great britain to take german colonies. ( b) fear of a two-front war against france and russia (c) the need to put down a communist rebellion (d) a competition with the allies to produce atomic weapons