How can the events leading to the independence of Brazil best be described? a. it was the first successful revolt of enslaved people in history
b. it was a nonviolent transfer of power to a Portuguese prince
c. it was a tumultuous revolution that went through several phases
d. it was an organized effort to establish a new democracy

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.