Objective: This activity asked the students to research and present information relating to US interventions in other nations and to define US policy in the following terms: Economic Politico/Strategic Humanitarian

 Technology Component:  Students were asked to research reliable internet sites and to utilize other media sources  Students created power points to present their researched findings to the class

 Reflection:  The activity allowed the students to better connect with American foreign policy in the early 1900’s.

BY Amber Lovell & Ben Kling

 The Guatemalan government had a newly elected democratic leader.  Expect he was extremely liberal and implementing reforms that made the US think he was a communist

 The president was accused of nationalizing.

 There were two main reasons for invading Guatemala  The leader was a suspected communist.  And Guatemalan Redistribution of an American company’s Land

 The reason for US interest is because  They wanted to keep communist countries out of the western hemisphere  And because many people in the US government had strong ties to United Fruit Company  They wanted to make a warning to the soviets.

 Because of the land reform, the United Fruit Company was being redistributed.  This would have an economic impact on the USA.

 Despite having two reason for going into Guatemala the US only stated going in for one reason.  The reason stated was that there was belief that Arbenz was creating a communist nation.

 The US’s goal was to keep Communism out of the western hemisphere.  They also wanted to keep there land in Guatemala

 The Actual outcome of the US intervention is Political turmoil in Guatemala for the next 40 years