Iron Curtain

Iron Curtain

“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent.” Winston Churchill said this quote in his “Iron Curtain” speech after World War II. The Iron Curtain was a phrase that Winston used to describe the division of Eastern Europe and Western Europe. I am here to inform the audience on the subject of how the iron curtain came to be. This is important because we didn’t have a good relationship with the other countries. For the reasons why the Iron Curtain happened, as long as we don't get along with each other, another Iron Curtain will descend on the world again. The events that had caused the Iron Curtain to form were the Bolshevik Revolution, the rise of Stalin, and imperialism over third world countries.
One of the causes of the Iron Curtain was the Bolshevik Revolution- one of the first uprisings of communism. This event was between October and November of the year 1917- also known as The October Revolution in Russia. The reason for their withdrawal of the First World War was because they had their own civil war to deal with. This war was called the Russian Civil War, lasting from 1917 to 1921. The main cause as to why the Russian Civil War began was because many groups formed to oppose Vladimir Lenin's Bolsheviks. The Bolsheviks were also known as the Democratic party- but many groups opposed them [such as monarchists, militarists, and, for a short time, foreign nations]. The czar, also known as the ruler of the country, neglected the people's requests, therefore causing people to revolt against the government. Eventually, they overthrew the czar and put communism in the world spotlight. It frightened other nations that such a government can be formed, however the rise of Stalin set the stage for a divided world.
Stalin was a very radical dictator- setting the bar high for dictators to follow. Stalin rose to power after the Bolsheviks won the civil war. He was a member of the central committee and...

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