Consumerism thrived in the postwar years due to which of the following factors? A. the emergence of racial tensions and a decrease in agricultural prices
B. the emergence of the automobile and an increase in oil production
C. the emergence of immigration quotas and a decrease in spending power
D. the emergence of credit and an increase in manufacturing output

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.