History 1301 and 1302 Describe the ways that you have taken initiative this semester to complete course work, generate and pursue opportunities to expand your knowledge, skills, and abilities in this field. (Consider attendance, class participation, meeting deadlines as indicators of this)

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. roosevelt resigned his position as assistant secretary of the navy in may 1898 to join the volunteer cavalry. the original plan for this unit called for filling it with men from the indian territory, new mexico, arizona, and oklahoma. however, once roosevelt joined the group, it quickly became the place for a mix of troops ranging from ivy league athletes to glee-club singers to texas rangers and indians.