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Unit 8
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- 2. Ohio Gang The OhioGang was a group of politicians and industry leaders who came to be associated with Warren G. Harding, the twenty-ninth President of the United States of America.
- 3. Albert B. Fall (November 26, 1861 – November 30, 1944) was a United States Senator from New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior under President Warren G.Harding , infamous for his involvement in the Teapot Dome Scandal. Fall was born in Frankfort ,Kentucky, , in 1861 to William R. and Edmonia Taylor Fall. Fall attended schools as a child in Nashville , Tennessee, but was primarily self-educated. At age eleven Fall was employed in a cotton factory.
- 4. Teapot Dome Scandal Wasan unprecedented bribery scandal and investigation during the White House administration of United States President Warren G.Harding . Before the Watergate scandal, it was regarded as the "greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics". Scandal also was a key factor in posthumously destroying the public reputation of Harding, who was extremely popular at the time of his death in office in 1923
- 5. Robert M. LaFollette (June 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925), was an American Republican politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives , was the Governor of Wisconsin ,and was also a U.S Senator from Wisconsin (1906 to 1925). He ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in 1924, carrying Wisconsin and 17% of the national popular vote.
- 6. Section 2 Model T Anautomobile that was produced by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company from 1908 through 1927.
- 7. Charles Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974 Was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist. Lindbergh, then a 25-year old U.S. Air Mail pilot, emerged from virtual obscurity to almost instantaneous world fame as the result of his Orteig Prize -winning solo non-stop flight on May 20–21, 1927.
- 8. National Broadcasting Company Is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City’s Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank, Burbank, California, and Chicago , Illinois. It is sometimes referred to as the "Peacock Network" due to its stylize, peacock logo, created originally for color broadcasts.
- 9. Columbia Broadcasting System Is a major US television network , which started as a radio network . The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of the company's logo.
- 10. Section 3 Charles G.Dawes (August 27, 1865 – April 23, 1951) Was an American banker and politician who was the 30th Vice President of the United States . For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War 1 reparations he was a co- recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize . He served in the First World War, was U.S. Comptroller of the Currency , the first director of the Bureau of the Budget , and, in later life, the U.S.Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
- 11. Charles Evans Hughes (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) Was a lawyer and Republican politician from the State of New York. He served as the 36th Governor of New York Charles Evans Hughes was born on April 11, 1862 in Glens Falls, New York . In 1859, his family had moved to New York City , where his mother enrolled him in a private school. He was active in the Northern Baptist church , a Mainline Protestant denomination.
- 12. Kellogg Briand Pact Was signed on August 27, 1928 by the United States , France , the United Kingdom , Germany , Italy , Japan, and a number of other countries. The pact renounced aggressive war, prohibiting the use of war as "an instrument of national policy" except in matters of self-defense. It made no provisions for sanctions. The pact was the result of a determined American effort to avoid involvement in the European alliance system. It was registered in League of Nations Treaty Series on September 4, 1929.