HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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William McKinley
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Woodrow Wilson
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Teddy Roosevelt
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William Taft
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -It remains one of the most mythologized images of the Spanish-American war: Theodore Roosevelt charging on horseback, leading his Rough Rider volunteers up Cuba’s San Juan Hill through the smoke and chaos of battle to claim a decisive victory.
Detailed explanation-3: -Roosevelt served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President McKinley, and in 1898 helped plan the highly successful naval war against Spain. He resigned to help form and lead the Rough Riders, a unit that fought the Spanish army in Cuba to great publicity.