Writing Journal Entry #1: Date your entry "Evening, February 20, 1836." (It took three days for a copy of Santa Anna's speech to travel the 80 miles by horseback from the Nueces River to the Alamo.) Santa Anna's words certainly get your attention, along with everyone else's. And the Mexican army is only a few days' march away! You practically run to your journal. 6 sentences

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.

when she faked her death and the readers knew but romeo didn't.

the answers are a b and d