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The Cold War and Cuba

Question 7 • OK-US History B1 – EDGNTY-83861 26-27

The United States helped overthrow Guatemalan President Guzman in the early 1950s because

Answer
A
he was suspected of being a communist sympathizer.
B
US leaders wanted to take over the country.
C
Guzman had not been fairly elected.
D
Guzman was a dictator who ruled unfairly.

Explanation

The United States supported the 1954 coup against Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán because US officials viewed him as a communist sympathizer, especially amid his land reforms and Cold War fears. The choice that matches this reason is “he was suspected of being a communist sympathizer.”

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