Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo is a __________ holiday.

• Spanish

• Mexican

• American

Cinco de Mayo is also known as...

• Mexican Independence Day

• Spain's Independence Day

• Neither

• Both

Cinco de Mayo began as a celebration by...

• ...a group of older Mexican people

• ...a group of American Students

• ...Mexico's President

Cinco de Mayo celebrations first began in the year______.

• 1974

• 1936

• 1967

• 1945

Cinco de Mayo celebrates the courage of he Mexican people during the ___________________.

• Battle of Puebla

• Second World War

• Mexican Civil War

• Battle of Mexico City

During the "Batalla de Puebla," Mexican soldiers defeated__________.

• Mexican people and Mexican Army

• Mexican traitors and the French Army

• Spain and France

The Mexican forces were made up of________

• Mexican Army

• all Mexican people

• untrained commoners

The battlefield is now a park in Puebla, Mexico with a statue of__________.

• General Zaragoza

• General Mateo-Lopez

• General Franco

• General García

Nowadays, Cinco de Mayo is mainly celebrated in____________.

• Nowhere

• Spain

• Mexico

• the USA

In the US, the festivities are mainly__________ for solidarity among Mexican-Americans.

• celebrated in Spanish

• fund-raising events

• parties