Iron Curtain was an expression which described the ideological barrier between the democratic West and the USSR and communist-dominated countries of Eastern Europe after World War ll. Who first used this expression at Fulton, Missouri, USA in 1946?
Correct answer: B. Sir Winston Churchill
- A. George Washington
- B. Sir Winston Churchill
- C. Reagan
- D. Roosevelt
Explanation
Winston Churchill popularised the term Iron Curtain in his 1946 Fulton speech to describe the political and ideological division separating Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe from the West. Roosevelt and Reagan were associated with other phases of US foreign policy, not this speech.
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