The eisenhower administration’s major domestic legislative accomplishment in the 1950s was the passage of a law providing medical insurance for senior citizens guaranteeing the right of workers to organize into labor unions for the creation of an interstate highway system protecting the environment, thereby assuring cleaner air and water.

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.