A major objective of the late-nineteenth-century liberal program in Guatemala was to
A) achieve economic independence from the United States.
B) replace debt peonage with free wage labor.
C) make large expanses of land available to coffee growers.
D) reach an understanding with the church.

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The late-nineteenth-century liberal program in Guatemala aimed to promote economic growth by expanding the coffee industry, which involved making large expanses of land available to coffee growers.

A Major Objective of the Late-Nineteenth-Century Liberal Program in Guatemala