USA HISTORY

Responsible for organizing a volunteer cavalry unit, he became a national hero at the Battle of San Juan Hill and quickly became president.

(A) Leonard Wood

(B) ** Teddy Roosevelt

(C) Pancho Villa

(D) John Pershing

Concept note-1: -Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and the ‘Rough Riders’ Volunteer Regiment after the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba (July, 1898).

Concept note-2: -The most famous of all the units fighting in Cuba, the “Rough Riders” was the name given to the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt resigned his position as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in May 1898 to join the volunteer cavalry.

Concept note-3: -The Cavalry Division’s two brigades, led by the 1st Volunteer Cavalry under Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, charged and captured Kettle Hill, though suffering heavy casualties.