How did the Spanish-American War catapult Theodore Roosevelt into national prominence?

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How did the Spanish-American War catapult Theodore Roosevelt into national prominence?

2007-03-07 12:42:55 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History

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Simply put - The charge up San Juan Hill.
In a jingoistic age of expansionist America the people believed. Newspapers picked the charge story up and they had an instant hero, someone to believe in. Roosevelt's courage was seen as quintessentially American - thus the catapulting into national prominence.

2007-03-07 12:51:33 · answer #1 · answered by dunno 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

wasn't teddy a rough-rider who won the battle of san juan hill?

what does wikipedia have to say about it?

2007-03-07 12:50:46 · answer #2 · answered by chieromancer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋