causes for construction
What was one reason the wall was constructed
-to stop people from leaving
-to demonstrate the government's power
How many walls were there
2
Where was the wall
in Berlin
What started the tensions between the US and the USSR, ultimately resulting into the divide of Berlin
The USSR would not remove its solders from its occupied territories
Why was resistance to the SED growing in the 1980's
the economy was stagnating under communism
what was east Germany referred to as?
think in terms of warsaw pack and its relasion to the USSR
a satellite nation
What was the area in between the walls called?
the death strip
What was the death zone painted? Come up with something that might symbolize.
painted white. Any creative answer that makes sense will work
name another word for a satellite state. This was what east Germany was.
puppet state
Did the wall literally fall during the fall of the wall?
no
Why did the number of east Germans leaving towards the west increase in the month before the construction of the wall?
Khrushchev threatened nucular war
Why was the Berlin wall so deadly to cross
the solders had orders to shoot anyone who tried to cross
State the role grafiti had on the wall and its importance.
Grafiti usage on the wall symbolized freedom. The east side would constantly remove all grafiti, while the west side would not.
Freedom vs oppression
Why did east Germany not receive aid from the US
they were not allowed to because they were a satellite nation of the USSR
28
When was the wall constructed?
needs year, data and time of day(day/night)
Night of August 12-13 1961 wall was built
What was the Berlin Wall originally made of?
name both things for credit
cinderblocks and barbed wire
What larger cold-war object did the wall represent
When did American President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall!”?
1987: American President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall!” on June 27
What was the primary reason that the wall fell?
A miscommunication of the lifting of travel regulations between east and west Berlin
what was the US policy, in your opinion, that most influenced the construction of the wall.
The wall was constructed because skilled east Germans were escaping for better opportunities in the west. The Truman doctrine developed west Germany so that those policies were present
Name one way in which the construction of the wall was ironic.
Only 3 months prior, the Walter Ulricht declared,‘ there was no intention of the wall’
Walter Ulricht was the east German leader
What did Martin Luther King Jr's visit of the Berlin wall likely symbolize.
The wall represented oppression and authoritarianism and the challenge for freedom. The wall represents stack contrasts in rights, something he is trying to communicate is present in America
what was the name of JFK's famous speech-answer the actual name, not the translated one
Ich bin ein Berliner