POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
THE DESCENT OF THE IRON CURTAIN
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Because it separated the United States and the Soviet Union
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Because it separated Non-communism and communism territories
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Iron Curtain was a metaphor for the extreme political and ideological division that separated Western Europe from the Soviet Union and its satellite states in the east.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Iron Curtain was a barrier that divided capitalist and communist nations. This barrier was not physical but instead economic and political. On one side of the curtain, most countries were communist, and on the other side, most were capitalist.
Detailed explanation-4: -Then, on March 5, 1946, at Westminster College in Fulton, Churchill’s famous words “From Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent, ” ushered in the Cold War and framed the geo-political landscape for the next 50 years.