What was the main purpose of the “granger laws”? a. to ensure that women were given the vote in western statesb. to regulate the rates railroads charged farmers for shipping and storagec. to ensure that u. s. currency was backed by silverd. to regulate the taxes that were placed on manufactured goods that were made in the east

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.