The scandals presented here include: Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, The Aaron Burr "Conspiracy", Andrew Jackson and the "Peggy Eaton Affair," Ulysses S. Grant and the period of post Civil War corruption, the "Robber Barons," Boss Tweed and his hold on Tammany Hall, the Progressive Movement and its reformers, Warren G. Harding and the Teapot Dome scandal, Richard M. Nixon's Checker's Speech and his role in watergate, ABSCAM, Ronald Reagan and Iran-Contra, and most recently, Bill Clinton and the role of special prosecutors.