THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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To keep West Berliners from escaping to the East.
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To prevent East Berliners from escaping to the West.
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To better screen for spies sneaking in from the West.
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To cut off Berlin from the outside world.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Their loss threatened to destroy the economic viability of the East German state. In response, East Germany built a barrier to close off East Germans’ access to West Berlin and hence West Germany.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer, pronounced [bɛʁˌliːnɐ ˈmaʊ̯ɐ] ( listen)) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and East Germany (GDR). Construction of the Berlin Wall was commenced by the government of the GDR on 13 August 1961.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Berlin Wall stretched for almost 27 miles across the city and employed landmines, dogs, and barbed wire to discourage escape attempts. Still, over 5, 000 people managed to reach western Europe.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Germany from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on August 13, 1961, the Wall completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin until government officials opened it in November 1989.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Berlin wall divided families who found themselves unable to visit each other. Many East Berliners were cut off from their jobs. West Berliners demonstrated against the wall and their mayor Willy Brandt led the criticism against the United States who they felt had failed to respond.