It is my duty ... to place before you certain facts about the
present position in Europe. From Stettin in the Baltic to
Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended
across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of
the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw,
Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and
Sofia, all these famous cities and the populations around
them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are
subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence
but to a very high and, in many cases, increasing measure
of control from Moscow.2
Why were the ideas expressed in this passage significant during the Cold
War?

Fulton Speech (Winston Churchill at American university in 1946 identifying "Iron Curtain" as descending and thus dividing Europe in two). Here Churchill foresees beginnig of the Cold War long time before Marshall Plan or NATO foundation.

Explanation: This is for the first time when the term "Iron Curtain" was used.

the wants of children today than in colonial times are very different. as well as the roles. children now have electronics such as phones, tablets, tvs, etc. back then, kids didn’t have electronics. in the colonial times, children were expected to their parents in their work. but now, children are expected to go to school.

hope i

-lavira : )

agree with wilson that weakening the treaty would threaten world peace.