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American Diversity Quizzes, Quizzes / May 2013

Cinco de Mayo Quiz

Question 1

What event does the Cinco de Mayo holiday celebrate?

a Mexican victory over French forces
Mexico’s declaration of independence from Spain
the end of the Mexican Revolution
signing of the treaty that ended the war with the United States

Question 2

Who is credited with the first celebration of Cinco de Mayo?

French soldiers who had deserted from their army
Mexican miners in California
Mexican American farm workers in Arizona
Mexican business owners in Canada

Question 3

Cinco de Mayo is now celebrated

across Mexico as a national holiday.
only in the city of Puebla.
in countries with large Mexican immigrant populations.
in many countries around the world.

Question 4

Read the PBS article to answer this question: What was the ultimate reason why the French invaded Mexico?

to compete as a colonial power
as revenge for the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo
to weaken the United States
to collect a debt

Question 5

In the National Geographic article, Prof. José Alamillo proposes that Cinco de Mayo became more popular during the 1950s and 1960s partly because of

reaction against NAFTA.
the US government’s Good Neighbor policy.
the bracero program.
solidarity with independence movements in Africa.

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