CINCO DE MAYO

Cinco de Mayo is celebrated mainly in

• Mexico

• Spain

• the USA

• Nicaragua

Why is Cinco de Mayo important?

• It commemorates the win of the Mexican people over the massive Italian army.

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• true

La batalla de Puebla took place in

• Puebla

• Oaxaca

• Guadalajara

• Chichuahua

Mexico owed money to

• Spain, France, and Italy

• Spain, France, and Britain

• Spain, France, and the USA

The president of Mexico was _____ and the president of the US was _______.

• Maximiliano y Washington

• Benito Juarez y Abrahán Lincoln

• Porfirio Diaz y Teddy Roosevelt

La batalla de Puebla took place on

• el 3 de mayo de 1862

• el 4 de mayo de 1862

• el 5 de mayo de 1862

Benito Juarez asked the USA for help against the French but no help came. Why not?

• The USA wanted the French to win.

• The USA was embroiled in its own Civil War at the time.

• No one received the text message.

Instead of leaving like Spain and Britain, France kept their ships at Veracruz and took over the government. They installed _______ as emperor of Mexico.

• Carlota

• Maximiliano

• Napoleon

• Juan Carlos

Benito Juarez is called the ______ ______ of Mexico.

• George Washington

• Abrahán Lincoln

• John Adams

• Jefferson Davis

The Mexicans won the battle at Puebla but ___ won the war.

• Spain

• Britain

• France

• Italy