What did each new culture inherit

War of 1812 allowed the us to take control of lake erie

This map is depicting the 16th century route of what explorer? a) hernando de soto b) james oglethorpe c) sir walter raleigh d) juan ponce de leon

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.