Why did many farmers go into debt in the late 1800s? a. they took out loans to invest in new industries because agriculture was declining. b. they took loans out to diversify their crops because consumers demanded new varieties of produce. c. they took out loans to build roads to bring their produce to distant cities. d. they took out loans on the value of their farms to pay the increased costs for new machines and other supplies

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.