Which is a reason for the rapid growth of labor unions in the late 1800s? the low wages paid to factory workers
a lack of jobs for unskilled workers in the nation’s cities
a lack of workers to fill all the factory jobs
the failure of negotiations between unions and employers

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.