USA HISTORY

POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959

KOREAS PARTITION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In 1946, the British Prime Minister said in a speech that an “Iron Curtain” had fallen across the European continent. This “Iron Curtain” was ____
A
a wall built between countries controlled by Nazi Germany and ones that weren’t.
B
another name for the Alps, which protected it from the USSR during the Cold War.
C
an imaginary line separating Europe’s communist and non-communist countries.
D
a divider between the good and the evil.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -32.1. 3: The Iron Curtain On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill gave a speech declaring that an “iron curtain” had descended across Europe, pointing to efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West.

Detailed explanation-2: -Churchill’s famed “Iron Curtain” speech ushered in the Cold War and made the term a household phrase.

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