Question

Which type of policies made U.S. leaders believe that Jacobo Árbenz, the democratically elected president of Guatemala, was a communist sympathizer?

Árbenz’s anti-Catholic policies
Árbenz’s pro-union policies
Árbenz’s land reform policies
Árbenz’s nationalization policies

Answer 1

Árbenz’s land reform policies.

His Decree 900 (agrarian reform) — especially expropriation of unused United Fruit Company land for redistribution to peasants — alarmed U.S. leaders and business interests and was portrayed as evidence of communist influence.