USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the significance of Iron Curtain during the Cold War Era? Choose the best answer.
A
a wall built to separate Eastern and Western Europe
B
an invisible line that divided Communist Eastern Europe from Democratic Western Europe
C
a term used to describe the division between the United States and NATO
D
a red curtain separating the communist and democratic nations in Europe
E
a curtain that divided slave states from free states
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Iron Curtain was a Cold War name for the borders between Western and Soviet Europe. It was coined by Winston Churchill in 1946 during a speech in Fulton, Missouri. 2. The formation of a Soviet bloc in Europe occurred after World War II.

Detailed explanation-3: -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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