Why was the French government willing to sell the Louisiana Territory? A. It was too difficult to govern from overseas. B. The government needed money to fund wars in Europe. C. It was impossible to transport goods from the territory to France quickly. D. The government viewed the territory as unnecessary land.

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.