Why did Mexican Americans living in New Mexico have no representatives in Washington, D. C., to protect their interests? A . The federal government did not own any land in New Mexican territory.
B . New Mexico was a territory, not a state.
C . U. S. courts did not operate in lands acquired as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
D . Mexican Americans were in the minority in New Mexico.

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.