USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why was the Iron Curtain a problem?
A
A. It prevented the Allies from knowing what the Soviets were up to.
B
B. The Soviets were participating in the Cold War.
C
C. It blockaded access to Berlin.
D
It separated North and South Korea.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The answer is A.) It prevented the Allies from knowing what the Soviets were up to. The Iron Curtain was an imaginary barrier that blocked the west from the east, it represents the Soviet’s efforts to block contact from non-Soviet entities from the west.

Detailed explanation-2: -During the Cold War, the Iron Curtain represented military alliances, spheres of influence, and divisions between democratic and communist nations. The Iron Curtain was a problem because the United States feared that the Soviet Union could easily influence the nations behind it.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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-5: -Churchill’s famed “Iron Curtain” speech ushered in the Cold War and made the term a household phrase.

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