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In a 1946 speech in Missouri, Churchill said a barrier had cut Europe in two. He called it an:
AIron curtain
BIce barrier
COak partition
DAmber wall
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Iron curtain
1. Half the continent lay under Soviet control.
2. The phrase stuck for forty years.
3. He called it an iron curtain.
_Source: OpenStax World History Volume 2, Chapter 14, The Cold War and Decolonization._
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