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Cinco de mayo
Use the web site links provided to help you answer the following questions
about Cinco de mayo.
http://www.nacnet.org/assunta/spa5may.htm
http://www.csulb.edu/~d49er/spring99/v6n115-defeat.html
http://www.mexonline.com/cinco-de-mayo.htm
http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/cinco.html
http://www.johnshepler.com/articles/cincodemayo.html
For all questions you must re-write the statement if it is false, and make
it a true statement.
1. True or False: Cinco de mayo commemorates Mexico winning a war against the French in 1862.
2. True or False: Cinco de mayo is Mexican Independence Day.
3. True or False: General Ignacio Zaragoza lead the Mexicans to victory in the Battle of Puebla.
4. True or False: The US government helped Mexico fight against the French.
5. True or False: May 5, 1810 is Mexican Independence Day.
6. True or False: Mexico went to war with the French because Benito Juarez wanted to pay back loans owed to Spain but not to France.
7. True or False: Napoleon Bonaparte lead his troops towards Mexico City.
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