Trivia: What was the name of the fighting unit led by Roosevelt in Cuba?
Dirty Dozen
Soldiers of Fortune
Minutemen
Rough Riders
The correct answer is Rough Riders
So why is this answer correct? : Officially called the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, the group of soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt in Cuba during the Spanish-American War became known as the “Rough Riders.” Roosevelt actually resigned his position as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1898 to take charge of a unit made up of volunteers, with backgrounds such as Ivy League athletes and glee club singers, as well as Texas Rangers and Native Americans. The group’s most famous action came at the Battle of San Juan Hill, which Roosevelt wrote about extensively after the conflict.