AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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Question
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What did Winston Churchill mean when he described Eastern Europe as being behind the “Iron Curtain”?
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The countries in Eastern Europe were made stronger due to the communist influence
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The communist countries built a physical wall between Eastern and Western Europe
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The areas under communist control thrived due to a strong military presence in Eastern Europe
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The areas under communist control had significantly worse living conditions than those in Western Europe
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The term “iron curtain” was the symbol Churchill used to denote the separation of Europe into two rival camps. On one side of the iron curtain were the democracies of western Europe while on the other side were the totalitarian countries of central and eastern European that were dominated by the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an “iron curtain” has descended across the continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe.
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