This deal gave settlers a chance to not only prosper financially but stake a claim in the land while they still could? a. the missouri compromise b. the adams-onus treaty c. the pinckney treaty d. the northwest ordinance of 1787

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.