12.2 1. Warren G. Harding was the 29th President of the United States. Charles Evans Hughes was an American statesman, lawyer and Republican politician from New York. He served as the 36th Governor of New York. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States , United States Secretary of State. The Fordney–McCumber Tariff of 1922 raised American tariffs in order to protect factories and farms. Congress displayed a pro-business attitude in passing the ad valorem tariff and in promoting foreign trade through providing huge loans to Europe, which in turn bought more American goods. The Roaring Twenties brought a period of sustained economic prosperity with an end to the Depression. The Ohio Gang was a good ol' boy network of politicians and industry leaders closely surrounding Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States of America. Many of these individuals came into Harding's personal orbit during his tenure as a state-level politician in Ohio, thus the name. The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1922–1923, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. Albert Bacon Fall 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. 2. Event | Effects | | | | | | | | | | | 3. He viewed us as a unnecessary part of running the world so he tried to isolate