Question

The “Rough Riders” were?

Answer 1

Cuban revolutionaries who battled the Spanish for independence.
a volunteer cavalry unit in the Spanish-American War.
newspaper owners who influenced public opinion by exaggerating the truth.
Spanish generals in Cuba who mistreated the civilian population.

Answer 2

It was a volunteer cavalry unit in the Spanish-American War. Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, who would become our 26th President, was also a part of it giving it the nickname "Roosevelt's Rough Riders".