The Iron Curtain

The British Prime Minister Churchill was the first person to use the term "The Iron Curtain"

• True

• False

Churchill sent a message to the American President Wilson.

• True

• False

The leader of the Soviet Union in 1945 was Stalin.

• True

• False

The Soviet Union had soldiers in 7 countries of eastern Europe.

• True

• False

Over the next 2 years, Soviet forces rigged elections and overthrew leaders so as to make those countries communist.

• True

• False

Stalin explained his actions by saying he wanted to expand the Soviet empire.

• True

• False

The phrase "The Iron Curtain" was used to refer to the division between eastern and western Europe.

• True

• False

Eastern Europe was capitalist and western Europe was communist.

• True

• False

Everybody knew what was going on in eastern Europe.

• True

• False

Both parties created mutual defence treaties: the NATO and the Warsaw Pact.

• True

• False