During President Harding's term, the Teapot Dome Scandal erupted when A) five men were caught breaking into the Democratic National Headquarters in the Watergate complex. B) the Credit Mobilier Company stole from the Union Pacific Railroad and covered it up by selling discounted stock to members of Congress. C) the Secretary of the Interior illegally granted exclusive rights of federal oil reserves to Mammoth Oil and Pan American Petroleum in exchange for personal profit. D) Jay Gould and James Fisk drove up the price of gold. The U. S. Treasury had to respond by adding more gold to the economy causing many people to lose money they had invested.