USA HISTORY

POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959

THE DESCENT OF THE IRON CURTAIN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
what does the term iron curtain describe?
A
the closing off the soviet union
B
they put up a two foot wall
C
the blocking off of Spain
D
they eating of food with Germany
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Iron Curtain, the political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other noncommunist areas.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Iron Curtain described hard borders between Eastern Europe and the rest of the continent during the Cold War. These borders were formed in the years after World War II, as Soviet-controlled regimes in the East sought to tighten control and prevent both emigration and infiltration.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Iron Curtain formed the imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolized efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West and non-Soviet-controlled areas.

Detailed explanation-4: -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. 7.

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