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Topic: Czechoslovakian Iron Curtain Interview: I spoke with a person who witnessed the events of the iron curtain in the 1960s. 1. What was the Iron Curtain? "Cold War." //International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences//. Ed. William Darity, Jr. 2nd ed. Vol. 2. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. 4-5. //Global Issues In Context//. Web. 10 Apr. 2011..The Iron Curtain was an "ideological divide" and physical border between communist and non-communist countries.There were "hostile intentions" from both the United States and the Soviet Union following WWII and the lack of a formal agreement. -I used paraphrasing and quoting.

"Iron Curtain." //International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences//. Ed. William Darity, Jr. 2nd ed. Vol. 4. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. 150. //Global Issues In Context//. Web. 10 Apr. 2011. < http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&contentSet=EBKS&idigest=c01ac7e3c010a42f363bebdc7326f5c6&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=GIC&docId=CX3045301191&source=gale&userGroupName=pl7053&version=1.0>. The iron curtain was a military and political wall in Europe. It spanned from Estonia to Yugoslavia.The wall was meant to stop those in the east, living under communism, from traveling west.The wall stood from 1946 to 1989. -I used paraphrasing.

2. What was Prague Spring? Dickey, Christopher. "THE YEAR THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING." //Newsweek International// 19 Nov. 2007. //Global Issues In Context//. Web. 10 Apr. 2011. < http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&idigest=c01ac7e3c010a42f363bebdc7326f5c6&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=GIC&docId=A171241230&source=gale&userGroupName=pl7053&version=1.0 >. The Prague Spring was in 1968 when the Iron Curtain was "pushed aside" and it was a period of libralization. -I used quoting and paraphrasing.

3. How many people were stopped at the iron curtain? Kirschbaum, Erik. "East Germany jailed 75,000 for fleeing." //Independent// [London, England] 7 Aug. 2001: 9. //Global Issues In Context//. Web. 10 Apr. 2011. < http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&idigest=c01ac7e3c010a42f363bebdc7326f5c6&type=retrieve&tabID=T004&prodId=GIC&docId=CJ77017324&source=gale&userGroupName=pl7053&version=1.0 >.

Every three and a half hours on the eastern side of the Iron Curtain, an escapee was arrested. Until 1989, the wall's demise, more than 75,000 people were arrested. Their crime was attempting to escape their communist rule and migrate into the western side. They served a sentence of two years. 809 people were killed while trying to escape the east. -I used paraphrasing and summarizing

4. What was the symbol of the Iron Curtain/Berlin Wall? Buckley, William F., Jr. "What does the wall separate?" //National Review// 29 Apr. 1983: 516+. //Global Issues In Context//. Web. 10 Apr. 2011. < http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&idigest=c01ac7e3c010a42f363bebdc7326f5c6&type=retrieve&tabID=T006&prodId=GIC&docId=A2734927&source=gale&userGroupName=pl7053&version=1.0 >. The symbol of the Iron Curtain/Berlin Wall was that of communism. It was a symbol of the halt of communism on the west and the government of communism n the east. -I used paraphrasing

5. What was the purpose of the iron curtain?

"Iron Curtain." //International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences//. Ed. William Darity, Jr. 2nd ed. Vol. 4. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. 150. //Global Issues In Context//. Web. 10 Apr. 2011. < http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&contentSet=EBKS&idigest=c01ac7e3c010a42f363bebdc7326f5c6&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=GIC&docId=CX3045301191&source=gale&userGroupName=pl7053&version=1.0>.

The purpose of the Iron Curtain on the west was to stop the spread of communism westward. In the east, the purpose was to stop those from living in communism, from traveling westward. -I used paraphrasing.

6. How long did the iron curtain stand? "Iron Curtain." //Encyclopedia of Modern Europe: Europe Since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction//. Vol. 3. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006. 1455-1456. //Global Issues In Context//. Web. 10 Apr. 2011. < http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&contentSet=EBKS&idigest=c01ac7e3c010a42f363bebdc7326f5c6&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=GIC&docId=CX3447000477&source=gale&userGroupName=pl7053&version=1.0  >. The Iron Curtain stood during the span of the Cold War. It was instituted in 1946 and was torn down in 1989. The Curtain stood for a total of 43 years. -I used paraphrasing and summarizing.

7. What did the Iron Curtain consist of? "Iron Curtain." //International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences//. Ed. William Darity, Jr. 2nd ed. Vol. 4. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. 150. //Global Issues In Context//. Web. 10 Apr. 2011.< http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&contentSet=EBKS&idigest=c01ac7e3c010a42f363bebdc7326f5c6&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=GIC&docId=CX3045301191&source=gale&userGroupName=pl7053&version=1.0  >. The iron curtain consisted of a thick concrete wall and an "impenetrable" steel fence. -I used quoting and paraphrasing.

8. How were the guards paid? "East Germany paid guards [pounds sterling]350 for each dead escaper." //Independent// [London, England] 9 Nov. 2007: 30. //Global Issues In Context//. Web. 10 Apr. 2011. < http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&idigest=c01ac7e3c010a42f363bebdc7326f5c6&type=retrieve&tabID=T004&prodId=GIC&docId=CJ171592026&source=gale&userGroupName=pl7053&version=1.0 >. East German Embassy paid Bulgarian guards 2,000 lewa (1,000 marks) for each East German that was shot dead. This was added to their normal pay. -I used paraphrasing.

9. What countries were considered "Iron Curtain Countries?" "Iron Curtain." //International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences//. Ed. William Darity, Jr. 2nd ed. Vol. 4. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. 150. //Global Issues In Context//. Web. 10 Apr. 2011. < http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&contentSet=EBKS&idigest=c01ac7e3c010a42f363bebdc7326f5c6&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=GIC&docId=CX3045301191&source=gale&userGroupName=pl7053&version=1.0  >.

The countries that were considered "Iron Curtain Countries" were Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Albania. -I used quoting and paraphrasing.

10. Who thought of the iron curtain? "That iron curtain; Letter." //Times// [London, England] 15 May 1992: 13. //Global Issues In Context//. Web. 10 Apr. 2011. < http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&idigest=c01ac7e3c010a42f363bebdc7326f5c6&type=retrieve&tabID=T006&prodId=GIC&docId=CJ116318263&source=gale&userGroupName=pl7053&version=1.0 >.

The English use of the world Iron Curtain was first seen in //Through Bolshevik Russia// by Ethel Snowden. This was used in 1920 and was later adopted by Winston Churchill. -I used summarizing