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Capital of Germany |
Berlin |
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When was Germany divided |
After World War 2 |
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Germany was divided in to 2 sections. There were: |
East and west |
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What month was the wall built in 1961 |
August |
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What side built the wall |
East Berlin |
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Why couldn't American soldiers help Peter? |
Helping could be seen as an act if war and start world war 3 |
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How many years was the wall up |
27 |
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How many people died trying to escape over the wall |
140 |
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Before world war 2, Berlin was the center of |
business and industry |
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During world war 2 Berlin was |
bombed heavily by US and British air forces during the war. |
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Following the war, it was decided that Germany would be divided up and controlled by the four victorious powers. They are: |
the United States, Great Britain, France, and the USSR |
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West Germany went to |
America Great Britain France |
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East Germany went to |
The USSR (Russia) |
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At the beginning all countries agreed to "free movement" which means |
everyday Berliners—and soldiers from the four powers—could go back and forth across the border legally and easily |
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America, Great Britain, and France were |
Capitalists and democracies |
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The USSR was |
Communist |
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What is a democracy |
This meant there were free and fair elections, where citizens had a say—their vote—about whom they wanted in their government. |
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Who was the communist leader of the USSR |
Joseph Stalin |
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Who was the American president in 1948 |
Harry Truman |
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Soviets blocked land access to West Berlin, meaning |
No trains, cars, trucks, or boats—no supplies—could come into the western parts of the city |
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Western powers responded to Stalin's block by using: |
Cargo planes full of supplies landed in West Berlin every minute, twenty-four hours a day. |
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Cargo planes full of supplies landed in West Berlin every minute, twenty-four hours a day was called: |
Berlin Airlift |
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During the blockade and airlift, food, fuel, and electricity in West Berlin were |
Rationed |
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Ration means |
people were only allowed to get small amounts of food, water, and electricity |
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The cold war was |
A war of ideas |
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The cold war was a battle between |
communism versus capitalism |
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What are Satellite states |
They are countries that are under the control or influence of a larger, more powerful nation |
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Who ordered the wall? |
Nikita Khrushchev |
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Who was president when the wall was ordered |
JFK aka Kennedy |
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Who was the Berlin's wall first victim |
fifty-eight-year-old nurse Ida Siekmann |
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Who was the first person shot and killed by East German border guards when he attempted to swim to West Berlin |
twenty-four-year-old tailor Günter Litfin |
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Martin Luther King Jr compared the divide between East and West Berliners to what? |
divide between black and white Americans |
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MLK jr said what about the divide |
“on either side of the wall are God’s children...and no man-made barrier can obliterate that fact.” |
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East German secret police were called |
the Stasi |
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How many escaped for East Berlin when the wall was up? |
About 5000 |
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Buildings between the walls were demolished to make room for an open and heavily guarded “no-man’s-land” that became known as |
Death strip |
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The death strip had |
Land mines, self-firing guns, and alarms |
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Who was the leader of the USSR when the wall was demolished |
Mikhail Gorbachev |
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Who was the leader of the USA when the wall was demolished |
Ronald Reagan |
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In 1990, what month did East Germany and West Germany become one country |
October |
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What day in 1991 did the cold war end |
Christmas day |
