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The Berlin Wall Rebecca Farinaccio Austin Frank History of the Berlin Wall ● Germany was divided into sections by the Allies after WW2 ● Berlin was also divided ● The Soviet Union wanted to control Berlin History continued ● ● ● ● August 13, 1961 November 7, 1989 November 9, 1989 November 28, 1989 Berlin Wall is Built Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkqfH6teV24 Way Back Wednesday: Berlin Wall is built Perspectives ● German Democratic Republic (GDR) supported the Berlin Wall ● Citizens of Berlin and the US opposed it Decisions ● The decisions made were bad ● The Berlin Wall caused an increase in tension between the US and Soviet Union ● 171 people were killed by attempting to escape East Berlin Items that played into the Berlin Wall ● East Germany did not like the way that West Germany handled their government ○ East Germany: Communistic ○ West Germany: Democratic ● The difference in government made it virtually impossible for them to agree on political aspects, thus the creation of the Berlin wall Benefits for other groups ● West Germans: They got East Germans who fled East Germany that were skilled workers Benefits Continued ● The Allies (United States, Soviet Union, France, and Great Britain): Berlin was split up into four sections each controlled by one of the Allies Effect on World Peace ● The Berlin Wall hurt World Peace slightly because America had fortified their rights to stay in Berlin however the Russian leader Khrushchev said that he would sign a treaty with East Germany and evict any and all of the allied powers, this shows that Soviets turned their back on the Allies Effect on World Peace Continued ● After a meeting between President John F Kennedy and Khrushchev which was supposed to help the situation in Germany, actually it hurt it because Khrushchev signed a peace treaty with East Germany this ended the West’s access into Berlin Fall of the Berlin Wall Video http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=zmRPP2WXX0U The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 Citations ● ● "Berlin Wall." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Grolier Online, 2014. Web. 7 Mar. 2014. Schaefer, Bernd. "Berlin Wall." American Government. ABC-CLIO, 2014. Web. 7 Mar. 2014. ● ● Quinn, Edward. “Berlin Wall in literature.” Modern World History Online. Facts on File, 2014. Web. 8 Mar. 2014. "Berlin Wall." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2014. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. ● Berlin Wall History http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall