Rough Riders

Question 1

A military unit made up of soldiers who fight on horseback.

Answer 1

Cavalry

Question 2

An American politician and military officer who served as a member of the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War, and later was the governor of New Mexico Territory from 1907 to 1910.

Answer 2

George Curry

Question 3

An act that gives the President the right to protect historically significant areas and locations from further deterioration.

Answer 3

Monuments Act

Question 4

The name given to the men who fought with the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish-American War.

Answer 4

Rough Riders

Question 5

Journalism that exploits, falsifies, or exaggerates the news to create interest and attract readers.

Answer 5

Yellow Journalism

Question 6

What got the US to declare war on Spain?

Answer 6

In 1898, the USS Maine was blown up in Havana Harbor, killing 250 Americans.

Question 7

Why did Americans at the time want war with Spain?

Answer 7

Yellow journalism sensationalized the events in the Cuban Rebellion, choosing the most dramatic versions of stories and pictures to sell to the US public.

Question 8

What did Teddy Roosevelt demand from the Spanish?

Answer 8

We should be compensated for the loss of the Maine, that the concentration camps must be stopped, and there should be a truce in Cuba.

Question 9

Why was Roosevelt worried about the rebellion in the Phillippines?

Answer 9

Our trade routes in Asia could be affected.