The United States helped overthrow Guatemalan President Guzman in the early 1950s because he was suspected of

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The United States helped overthrow Guatemalan President Guzman in the early 1950s because
he was suspected of being a communist sympathizer.
US leaders wanted to take over the country.
Guzman had not been fairly elected.
Guzman was a dictator who ruled unfairly.

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Correct answer: "he was suspected of being a communist sympathizer."

Brief explanation: The 1954 CIA-backed coup (Operation PBSUCCESS) that ousted President Jacobo Árbenz was driven mainly by Cold War fears that his government was influenced by communists and by pressure from U.S. business interests (notably the United Fruit Company) threatened by his land-reform policies (Decree 900). The U.S. did not seek to take over Guatemala; Árbenz had been democratically elected and was not a long-standing dictator.

The United States helped overthrow Guatemalan President Guzman in the early 1950s because
he was suspected of being a communist sympathizer.
US leaders wanted to take over the country.
Guzman had not been fairly elected.
Guzman was a dictator who ruled unfairly.

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The United States helped overthrow Guatemalan President Guzman in the early 1950s because he was suspected of being a communist sympathizer. US leaders wanted to take over the country. Guzman had not been fairly elected. Guzman was a dictator who ruled unfairly.

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The United States helped overthrow Guatemalan President Guzman in the early 1950s because
he was suspected of being a communist sympathizer.
US leaders wanted to take over the country.
Guzman had not been fairly elected.
Guzman was a dictator who ruled unfairly.