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Read the quote."It was impossible to take any of the numerous companies which were proffered [provided] to us from the various States. The only organized bodies we were at liberty to accept were those from the four Territories. But owing to the fact that the number of men originally allotted to us, 780, was speedily raised to 1,000, we were given a chance to accept quite a number of eager volunteers who did not come from the Territories, but who possessed precisely the same temper that distinguished our Southwestern recruits, and whose presence materially benefited the regiment.We drew recruits from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and many another college . . . whose veins the blood stirred with the same impulse which once sent the Vikings."—Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough RidersWhat did the diverse backgrounds among the Rough Riders suggest about public opinion toward the Spanish-American War?

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