La Verdadera Historia del Cinco de Mayo

El Día de Independencia Mexicana es...

• el 5 de mayo

• el 16 de septiembre

Which three countries initially intervened in Mexico after it fell into debt from so many wars in the 1800s?

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Answer explanation

The US, which was in the middle of the Civil War, did not intervene. However, the US had just recently acquired Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and Wyoming after their victory of Mexico in the Mexican-American War and the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe and Hidalgo in 1848. The map shown here shows what Mexico used to be before the Mexican American War of 1846-48.

Cierto/Falso: Napoleon Bonaparte wanted to make Mexico a member of an imperial French Federation.

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• Falso

Answer explanation

Fue (it was) el sobrino de Bonaparte, Napoleon III.

From el diciembre de 1861 to el enero de 1862, England, France and Spain landed in the port of ​ (a)   to begin their ​ (b)   of Mexico, but soon thereafter, ​ (c)   withdrew once it was clear that ​ (d)   had larger ambitions there.

• Veracruz
• occupation
• England and Spain
• France

Which fortress did the French try to attack in the town of La Puebla?

• Guadalupe Fortress

• Hidalgo Fortress

• Fort México

• Benito Juárez Fort

¿Quién era (was) el presidente de México durante esta época (during this period)?

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El ​ (a)   conmemora la victoria de ​ (b)   , con el liderazgo (leadership) del General ​ (c)   , contra el imperio de ​ (d)   .

• Cinco de Mayo
• México
• Ignacio Zaragoza
• Francia

Mexico's victory over the French at La Puebla is often compared to the Biblical story of....

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Answer explanation

It is compared to the story of David and Goliath because Mexico was outnumbered and had limited resources compared the larger and stronger, Goliath-like army of France.

Cierto/Falso: After the defeat at La Puebla, the French Army retreated to Europe, and Mexico had fended of European aggression forever.

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• Falso

Answer explanation

Napoleon III increased the troop count in México significantly, eventually defeated the Mexican army, established the "Second Mexican Empire", and installed Maximilian of Hapsburg as the Emperor of Mexico.

El 5 de Mayo es más popular en ​ (a)   que en ​ (b)   , y la celebración más grande está en ​ (c)   de ​ (d)   .

• Los Estados Unidos
• México
• Los Ángeles
• California