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William McKinley
25th president responsible for Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War, and the Annexation of Hawaii, imperialism. Was assassinated by an anarchist -
Rough Riders
The First United States Volunteer Calvary, a mixture of Ivy League athletes and western frontiersmen, volunteered to fight in the Spanish-American War. Enlisted by Theodore Roosevelt -
William Howard Taft
27th President of the United States and later Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930), he was the first American governor of the Philippines who referred to the Filipinos as "my little brown brothers." -
Teddy Roosevelt
1858-1919. 26th President.Asst. Secretary of Navy who resigned to volunteer to fight in Spanish-American War Increased size of Navy, "Great White Fleet". Added Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine. "Big Stick" policy. Received Nobel Peace Prize for mediation of end of Russo-Japanese war.