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Cinco de Mayo Trivia

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  • What was the month and day of the Battle of Puebla?
    Cinco de mayo
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  • What is the biggest misconception about cinco de mayo?
    That it is also Mexico's Independence Day
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  • When is Mexico's independence day?
    September 16th 1810
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  • Mexico owed money to what countries?
    Spain, France, and England
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  • Why was Mexico financially unstable?
    because of the Mexican-American war
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  • Why did France want to attack Mexico?
    to govern Central and South America and to set up a monarchy favorable to France, and because Mexico owed them money
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  • Who was the president of Mexico during the Battle of Puebla?
    Benito Juarez
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  • Who was the President of the United States of America during the Battle of Puebla?
    Abraham Lincoln
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  • Who was Napoleon III?
    French Emperor (2nd french empire)
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  • What type of Indian was Benito Juarez?
    Zapotec
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  • What was the name of Benito Juarez's wife?
    Margarita
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  • What is the name of the state of Mexico where Puebla is located?
    Oaxaca
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  • Before he was President, Benito Juarez was exiled to what city in the US?
    New Orleans
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  • Who was General Zaragoza?
    General from the Mexican army
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  • Who was Maximiliano?
    Napoleon III chose him to lead a new Mexican empire for France
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  • The Mexican army was out-numbered by what amount?
    2:1
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