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1961 wend president john f Kenney communist oppression was place in put on the Berlin Wall . the reason that the wall was place democratic West Germany shortly after the Soviet-supported Communist state of East Germany . the division was a big problem for the for Easter side the separation of the freedom of choice. also the separation of the rich and the poor . their were separation of families divide between families. the thing about the wall is to change people to came and over to the…

The generation and shaping of knowledge Presentation topic – The Fall Of The Berlin Wall How did the fall of the Berlin wall change the world? History In 1961 the communist government built the Berlin Wall. The was divided Berlin into East Berlin and West Berlin. The reason behind building this wall was to prevent people from the West Berlin fleeing to the West Berlin. It was also symbolized as the “Iron Curtain” that divided the democratic western countries and the communist countries of…

Almost 30 years ago one of the most powerful speeches towards the progression of freedom was given. It took place in west Berlin when former president Ronald Reagan made his famous “Tear Down This Wall” speech. The speech, though not hostile, was a speech directed towards the leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. Reagan wanted freedom and good to prosper in a country in which it was not allowed. Thus the message of his speech was that even in the worst of situations freedom and equality…

The student who I interviewed had a lot of different misconceptions, and she did not have one solid idea about what was living and what was not. Her rules and reasoning varied depending on each item. Her misconceptions are not consistent, which leads me to believe that she has no real background knowledge on the subject. For example, she told me that rocks are living because people drive on gravel roads. This to me means that she associates rocks with humans and since humans are living, so are…

peaceful country it is today. Germany was divided in 1945 after their defeat in World War II. East Germany was communist, and West Germany was non-communist. The government of East Germany restricted all access to West Berlin in 1961, during the cold war. Overnight, they built the Berlin wall to keep West Germans out, and East Germans in. Families were separated, and they became completely different countries. Their ways of living were very different as well. The East had production planning,…

separated. Gerta Lowe was an average girl with blonde hair and an average family living on the East side. However, one night is where it all changes. On the night of August 13, 1961 a wall was built dividing Berlin East and West Berlin. Gerta’s Dad and her brother Dominic set off on a trip to west berlin to try to find an apartment they could live in and a job for Gerta’s dad. They would be back in two days at least that’s what they thought. The wall was put up while her dad and brother Dominic…

Therefore leading up to the decision to construct the Berlin Wall. In 1949 and 1961, there were about two and a half million East Germans that had fled from East to West Germany. Many of those people were skilled workers and had traveled to West Germany for work. It was on August 13, 1961, when the Communist government of the German Democratic Republican started to build a barbed wire and concrete Antifaschistischer or wall in between East and West Berlin. Due to this, August 13th, 1961, was…

Imagine not being able to see a friend for 28 years. That's how people felt in Berlin. The Berlin Wall was built in 1961. It was taken down 28 years later in 1989. The Berlin Wall was part of the Cold War which was a competition between communism and socialism. The Berlin Wall affected Berlin and the cold war majorly most people don't know why is was built. According to History.com staff, The Berlin was was built on August 13, 1961, the wall was built by the USSR to keep western “fascists”…

Essay IV: Universal History (Marx v Hegel) The view of history as universal was a turning point for historians, who had until that point had a more isolated view of history, wherein it related to a single place and the series of events taking place there. Universal history described the history of the human race as a whole, and while this idea had been around since the time of the Romans, it become more developed in the nineteenth century. Two prominent proponents of this were German…

The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson gives an in depth account of how a disease can cause immense repercussions in the evolution of society. This story takes place in London in 1854 when there was an enormous outbreak of the disease known as Cholera. Cholera is a disease that wreaks havoc on the body causing deathly dehydration via loss of bodily fluids. This is not just the story of an outbreak. However it discusses many higher order-thinking points in regards to humans and city life. The author…