It was Churchill who coined the term Iron Curtain in a 1946 speech he delivered in Missouri. It refers to the fact that Eastern Europe was more or less controlled by the Soviet Union. ... The Berlin Wall, which stood between 1961-1989, has been understood as the physical manifestation of the Iron Curtain
They discovered the New World by accident. They were looking for new routes that would take them quicker to Asia to trade. At the time they did not know the earth was round. They believed it was flat and would sail straight to Asia. Therefore, when Colombus hit the New World he called the natives Indians because he believed he had reached India.
It has steadily declined. The unions are not used nowadays at all. In the 70s approximately 35% of people were unionized. In 2013 only 11.5% of workers belong in a union and fight for workers rights. Unions strength has weakened because people are not interested in them.
<span>The Truman Doctrine and the North Atlantic and the Treaty Organization were United States responses to the </span>communist threat after World War II.
