What was the Whiskey Ring scandal?
A. When the government stopped allowing all alcohol sales
B. When alcohol companies illegally worked with government
officials to divert tax revenues to corrupt officials and company
officials
C. When the government took over all alcohol sales
D. When the legal age to drink alcohol was lowered to 21
The Whiskey Ring was an American scandal, exposed in 1875, involving the diversion of tax revenues in a conspiracy among government agents, politicians, whiskey distillers, and distributors.
