USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why was the Berlin Wall a major symbol of the Cold War?
A
The wall became covered with poetry and art that described the conditions of the time.
B
Despite the fact that a wall divided the city of Berlin, people still moved freely within the city.
C
The wall symbolized an “iron curtain” between the democratic west and the communist east.
D
The wall proved that communist countries and democracies could easily work together after World War II.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The wall, which stood between 1961 to 1989, came to symbolize the ‘Iron Curtain’ – the ideological split between East and West – that existed across Europe and between the two superpowers, the US and the Soviet Union, and their allies, during the Cold War.

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