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Back to LobbyName of MuseumVIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMENDAILY LIFEFAMOUS WOMENMATRILINEAL TRIBESCREATION MYTHSCURATOR INFORMATION6Museum EntranceWelcome to the LobbyWinston ChurchillIron Curtain CommunistBerlin Winston Churchill and The Iron CurtainVisit the CuratorVIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMENDAILY LIFEFAMOUS WOMENMATRILINEAL TRIBESCREATION MYTHSCURATOR INFORMATIONhttp://christykeeler.com/EducationalVirtualMuseums.html1Winston Churchill

Back to LobbyName of MuseumVIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMENDAILY LIFEFAMOUS WOMENMATRILINEAL TRIBESCREATION MYTHSCURATOR INFORMATION3Iron CurtainBack to Room 2The Iron Curtain is basically a barrier that prevents free exchange of ideas and information.This cartoon represents the Iron curtain and how goods and people could not go in or out of the Communist territory.The person that is yelling over the curtain is a citizen from the communist side, he is yelling dont fence me in because he is communist and he wants to be capitalist.

Name of MuseumVIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMENDAILY LIFEFAMOUS WOMENMATRILINEAL TRIBESCREATION MYTHSCURATOR INFORMATIONPath of the Iron CurtainBack to Room 1This picture is showing the path of the iron curtain across the middle of Europe.The iron curtain divided it so that half the Europe was communist and the other half was capitalist.Some people were against this, but others werent.

Name of MuseumVIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMENDAILY LIFEFAMOUS WOMENMATRILINEAL TRIBESCREATION MYTHSCURATOR INFORMATIONCold War PosterBack to Room 1In this poster it shows how the Iron curtain descended upon Europe during the cold war. It shows the U.S. president Harry Truman giving a speech.The person that is on the podium is Mikhail Gorbachev's, he represents the Russian side of the curtain. Name of MuseumVIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMENDAILY LIFEFAMOUS WOMENMATRILINEAL TRIBESCREATION MYTHSCURATOR INFORMATIONLike the Iron curtain, the city of Berlin was divided into two halves the east communist and the west capitalist.To make sure people in east Berlin did not try to go to west Berlin the communist government made the Berlin wall to divide the two parts.At one point during the cold war west Berlin had a blockade around it to prevent all goods from entering it. After the capitalist side found out the started the Berlin airlift and sent in good and supplies by plane.East and West BerlinBack to Room 3Name of MuseumVIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMENDAILY LIFEFAMOUS WOMENMATRILINEAL TRIBESCREATION MYTHSCURATOR INFORMATIONThe reason why people in east Berlin wanted to go to west Berlin was because west Berlin if you had a good job you would have better pay and a better life.If you were a slacker then you were in a communist government then you would be successful.If you were a slacker in a capitalist government then you would not make any money.Communist people Back to Room 4Name of MuseumVIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMENDAILY LIFEFAMOUS WOMENMATRILINEAL TRIBESCREATION MYTHSCURATOR INFORMATIONWhile they had the Berlin wall active there was a total of 125 confirmed deaths because of it.Soldiers were place at the top of the wall to shoot people who tried to climb from east Berlin into west Berlin.They also had added barbed wire at the top of the wall to prevent everyone from climbing over.Bad things about BerlinBack to Room 3Name of MuseumVIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMENDAILY LIFEFAMOUS WOMENMATRILINEAL TRIBESCREATION MYTHSCURATOR INFORMATION