As the Cold War heated up in the 1950s, the United States made decisions on foreign policy with the goal of containing communism. To maintain its hegemony in the Western Hemisphere, the U.S. intervened in Guatemala in 1954 and removed its elected president, Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, on the premise that he was soft on communism.
<span>It showed the world that the US was ready to expand its empire and gain resources in other parts of the world. It also let the world see how strong the US's army and navy really were, as this was the first time in quite a while that they fought anybody outside of America. Hope This Helped... Please mark as brainliest.</span>
