Which type of policies made u. s. leaders believe that jacobo árbenz, the democratically elected president of guatemala, was a communist sympathizer?

Land reform policies

Explanation:

The land reform policies introduced by Jacobo Árbenz made U.S. leaders believe that the democratically elected president of Guatemala, was a communist sympathizer. The policies consisted in expropiating uncultivated land from landowners larger than 673 acres. The landowners were compensated with government bonds.

In this reform, Árbenz gave up 1,700 acres of his own land.

president thomas jefferson commissioned the expedition shortly after the louisiana purchase in 1803 to explore and to map the newly acquired territory, to find a practical route across the western half of the continent, and to establish an american presence in this territory before britain and other european powers