How did the economic crises in france lead to the estates-general

How does an oligarchy conflict with democratic principles

How did agitators on both sides of the slavery issue make things worse? by putting out bounties on certain peopleby committing murderthrough their writingsby compromising on too many things

Where did the term “iron curtain” originate? the warsaw pact used the term iron curtain as a code word for communism. in a 1946 speech, british prime minister winston churchill said an iron curtain had fallen across the continent of europe. while visiting western europe in 1946, u. s. president harry truman commented that the mountains there looked like iron curtains. russian general secretary joseph stalin instructed citizens of eastern europe to hang iron curtains over their windows to protect themselves from stray bullets.