THEODORE ROOSEVELT

WHO IS TEDDY?

• Most of us know him as our 26th president, serving from 1901-1909
• Before he was president, he was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy
• He resigned in 1898 and organized the Rough Riders
• The Rough Riders were the first voluntary Calvary in the Spanish-American war

ROUGH RIDERS

• Roosevelt wanted diversity
• Recruited cowboys, miners, law enforcement, and native Americans.
• Wanted people that could handle the heat that was awaiting them in Cuba
• Many rough riders were inexperienced, but not all

THE BATTLE OF SAN JUAN HILL

• The US formed a blockade
• We first went for El Caney, the to San Juan Hill
• The US split up to take San Juan Hill and Kettle hill
• The rough riders were in the fleet at Kettle Hill
• The US won and the city surrendered, giving Cuba to the US

SAN JUAN HILL (cont'd)

• A buffalo soldier is an African American cavalry soldier
• The 9th and 10th buffalo soldiers

TEDDY AFTER THE WAR

• Obviously, Roosevelt became president in 1901
• TR was awarded a Medal of Honor
• He got out of the navy
• The war and his rough riders made him famous
• This fame helped him to become president

CITATIONS

• http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/progress/jb_progress_rriders_1.html
• http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/roughriders.html
• http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/876071.html
• http://www.spanamwar.com/Sanjuantr.htm
• http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-san-juan-hill

CITATIONS

• http://www.buffalosoldierselpaso.org/
• http://www.history.army.mil/documents/spanam/BSSJH/Shbrt-BSSJH.htm