Republican rutherford b. hayes was elected u. s. president in 1876 because he received

a. twenty disputed electoral votes from southern states in return for an end to reconstruction.
b. enough popular votes in northern states to win the election without having to end reconstruction.
c. twenty disputed electoral votes from northern states in return for an end to the income tax.
d. enough popular votes in southern states to win the election without making political deals.

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.