After Germany was defeated in 1945, the country was divided by the Allies. Choose ALL true statements about the "Iron Curtain" formed after the war. A) Most Europeans supported communism and chose to move to eastern Germany.

B) The Iron Curtain helped unify the democratic and communist powers in Europe.

C) Woodrow Wilson used the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division in Europe.

D) The Iron Curtain was built after World War II to separate northern and southern European economies.

E) Citizens in communist countries had fewer individual freedoms than citizens in democratic countries

A

Explanation:

Most Europeans did NOT support communism and chose to move to eastern Germany.

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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