US INTERVENTIONS IN OTHER NATIONS

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.

BYAmber 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