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The concept of the Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological fighting and physical 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.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoBoth terms, used in a speech by Churchill, displayed the stance of Russia in not allowing the Western powers into East Germany and the closing of the border. Thus, it became the "Iron Curtain" and the cold war had started. A war without true fighting but a staring match through the curtain of communism.
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∙ 14y agoThe Soviet Union had made it a goal to expand its territory, the empire if you will, and their opposition from Western Europe's powers tried to prevent it, along with the citizens of those countries being taken over. Because of this, harsh borders existed where the Soviet Union's control ended, and Winston Churchill named it the "iron curtain."
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∙ 14y agoThe Soviet Union controlled the puppet regimes of eastern Europe following WW II, and to maintain that control they had to keep out western influences, hence the iron curtain. At this point in history it is possible to debate whether the USSR really wanted to take over the entire world, or merely was trying to create a safety buffer between itself and any future invasions from western Eurpe (having already suffered two major invasions, first by Napoleon, and later and much more destructively by Hitler). But the Cold War was a struggle for global dominance between the two nuclear armed super-powers, the US and the USSR.
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∙ 10y agoIt represented the differences between Russia and Western nations. It wasn't a real object, but a phrase used by Churchill in a speech about the Cold War. When someone crossed into Russia they were going behind the "iron curtain".
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∙ 13y agothe iron curtain pertains to the ideological and political division of Europe; and this is part of the US-USSR clash: known as the cold war
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∙ 6y agoThere never was a real iron curtain, but referred to the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall.
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Where did the iron curtain take place?
During the Iron Curtain, Churchill warned that the Communist tyranny was threatening Europe. Truman invited Churchill where he alerted the free world by saying "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the continent
What is it called when citizens select the individuals who represent them in the government or decide an issue?
A Republic - it differs from a democracy where the people vote dirrectly for the issues. The US is a Republic (You said so in the Pledge of Allegiance) --- one Republic, under God, indivisible,....and so on and so on
Why are there so many crip sets?
becuse each set stands for something each person choosing a set helps represent themselves in other ways therfore so many sets gives a variety of ways to represent
Why was the house of representatives designed to represent the people?
So that the popular will of the people would be represented.
Why does the Constitution established the principle of majority rule?
So decisions represent what most of the people want.
Who controlled the iron curtain countries Nazi Germany or the soviet union?
The term "Iron Curtain" dates from after the WW 2 and Nazi era. The eastern European countries behind the so-called curtain were dominated by the Soviet Union.
What did the so called iron curtain symbolize?
the political and economic division between the democratic west and the communist east
Who came up with the idea of the iron curtain?
stalin wanted to block people from going to western europe so he made the iron curtain to block them.
When did churchill call Europe an iron curtain?
Churchill condemned the Soviet Unions policies in Europe and declared that from Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across Europe. Part of a speech given at Fulton, Missouri, March 1946
Why was the iron curtain named like that?
The basis behind the "Iron Curtain" can actually be pinned on a speech by Winston Churchill. Considered a jarring and startling speech at the time, the Iron Curtain was a two-fold metaphor. The Soviet Union, a Communist state, had outright occupied an enormous section of the whole of Europe; virtually everything east of Berlin, down to around Turkey and Greece, and the borders of Mongolia and China, were occupied by a regime whose iron handed dictatorship had as much notoriety as the man the Allies just fought to depose: Adolf Hitler. The "Iron Curtain" was named for Stalin's iron handed strategy [Stalin's namesake comes from the Georgian word for steel, or rather the prepositional phrase 'of-steel']. It also was named so for its foreboding aspect, as the Soviet Union's swath across the whole of Europe was with armored columns. The Soviet Union had immense industrial power, and the Soviet's pride in its civilian "army" of industrial workers, made the Iron Curtain analogy appropriate. The "Iron Curtain" in whole, was an analogy by Winston Churchill, which stuck with the West and the civic populace, as it identified their opponent in terms they comprehended well: stark, overbearing, and tyrannical people who sought to depose 'their' freedom: an iron curtain. It made a great label and thus the name was kept.
Why did citizens in the countries behind the Iron Curtain eventually want to rise up and turn to democracy?
one reason, so they could vote for their leaders.
Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub?
yes, so any water that hits the curtain runs down the curtain and into the tub
Why does a shower curtain move towards your body when you take a shower?
You can thank Mr. Bernoulli for this answer: As a fluid's velocity increases, its pressure decreases. (The term fluid includes liquids and gases.) The water spray moving through the air causes the air to move along with it. As the air and spray moves between your body and the curtain it needs to move faster because your body narrows its path. For the water and air to move faster, it must lose pressure. The pressure of the air on the other side of the curtain is unchanged so it pushes the curtain towards you. Try this: Take a piece of paper (to represent the curtain) and hold it near a wall or a cup (to represent you). Now, with a straw, blow through the gap between "you" and the "curtain". You'll see the same effect.
What did it mean to be behind the iron curtain in 40's and 50's?
Very harsh because it was isolated and there was no outside contact. Your family might lived on the other side so you coudn't see them. Christmas no presents from family in the other side.
Oxygen in air causes iron to rust so iron and oxygen are what in this process?
a process called Oxidation
Why do the iron curtain appear in Europe after World War 2?
Russia wanted to own Germany, since it had helped win the war. The democracy allies (Britain, U.S., and France) took up half while Russia took up the other. Soon, many citizens started fleeing to the democracy side. Russia feared it was going to have an economic collapse because of it's infrastructure being lost, so they built the Berlin Wall. The line that separated the Russians from the Democracies was called The Iron Curtain.
What is the process called to make iron?
There are several methods or processes of making iron - smelting, wrought iron, cast iron and so on, which have evolved over many years.
