QUIZ Cinco de Mayo

What is Cinco de Mayo?

• Mexico's Independence Day

• A Holiday that remembers the Battle of Puebla

• A day when people eat tacos and hit piñatas

What 2 countries fought in the Battle of Puebla?

• Britain and Spain

• The US and Mexico

• France and Mexico

• Spain and Mexico

Why was Mexico such a poor country?

• Its treasury was in shambles after years of wars

• France stole their money

• The government kept it all

• They stopped taxing the people

Who was the leader of France?

• Maximillian II

• Napoleon III

• King Louis V

• Queen Elizabeth I

What did President Benito Juarez decide to do to help rebuild Mexico?

• Have a fiesta

• Borrow more money from foreign countries

• Tax the people more

• Stop paying back foreign debts for 2 years

What was happening at the same time as France's invasion of Mexico?

• The Mexican-American War

• The US Civil War

• The Mexican Civil War

• The Mexican -Spanish War

Who led the small Mexican army at Puebla to a successful defeat of the French army?

• Benito Juarez

• Pancho Villa

• Emperor Maximilian I

• Ignacio Zaragoza

What was Napoleon III hoping to do?

• Find gold

• Buy Mexico

• Create a French Empire in the Americas

• Kidnap Magdalena de la Cruz

How did the Battle of Puebla affect US history?

• It slowed Napoleon's plan to capture Mexico and supply Confederate troops with supplies to win the US Civil war

• It taught US generals about important strategies

• The US decided not to lend money to Mexico

What is the date of the Battle of Puebla?

• cinco de marzo 1864

• cinco de mayo 1864

• cinco de marzo 1862

• cinco de mayo 1862