The German Democratic Republic built the wall to stop the East Berliners from escaping the Soviet controlled East Germany state into the West of the city.
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What country was in control of East Germany?
The Soviet Union
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How many states was it initially organized from?
Eleven States
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What four countries met at the Yalta Conference?
The United States, the Soviet Union, France, and Great Britain
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How many states were added to the existing eleven?
Five states
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Who was shot in the hip and was left to bleed to death in no-man’s land as the world media watched on television?
Peter Fecther
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What happened in the late 1960s?
The climate turned harsher; under a new constitution, basic freedoms, such as the rights to emigrate, were stripped away.
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What countries were in control of West Germany?
United States, France, and Great Britain
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When was the division formally made?
1949
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How much did the population grow?
By 18 million
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When was the final and most sophisticated version of the wall constructed?
1975
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What did East Germany join in 1955?
The Warsaw Pact
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What happened in 1966?
Depression
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What was the name of the western zones common currency?
The deutschmark
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When did the Berlin Wall come down?
1989
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What was the area in between the two fences called?
The death strip
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When did Walter Ulbricht resign?
1971
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What did West Germany join in 1955?
NATO
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Who represented the United States at the Yalta Conference?