When the second world war ended‚ the city of Berlin was divided‚ a side belonging to the U.S. and the other to the Soviets. At 1961 a wall was created dividing the city. On June 12‚ 1987 U.S. president Ronald Reagan delivers a speech directly at Gorbachev‚ to bring down the wall. Reagan assures Gorbachev saying‚” I understand the fear of war and the pain of division that afflict this continent-and I pledge to you my country’s efforts to help overcome these burdens. To be sure‚ we in the West must
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problems. The example in this song is that‚ what if a child let go of a balloon and it went over the Berlin Wall to the Soviet’s side? Without deciding what it was‚ they blew up the whole country of Germany. This could have happened because of something so silly like a balloon. It also describes how unlucky the citizens of Germany are. They are in the middle of all of this. If something was thrown over the wall‚ or a balloon floated over it‚ their lives would have been ruined or they could have died because
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WWII peace treaty yet and thus the FRG’s existence was still unclear. 1955 was an important year for the FRG as it was in ’55 that the FRG was officially recognized as an independent state and was cleared of its occupational status except for west Berlin which was still protected by allied troops. Also W Germany became member of NATO in 1955. By the late 1950’s West Germany had undergone a true economic miracle under Adenauer’s economic minister who was Erhard. Erhard had came up with the concept
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Intro Have you ever wished that candy will fall out the sky? This happened to a group of german kids in 1948 on the other side of the berlin wall. gail halvorsen made these german kids happy and he symbolized hope for the children. Halvorsen thinked that‚ “what then of the future? I think you will agree with me that our children are our future. not just our children‚ but everyone’s children” said Halvorsen Gail Halvorsen’s Piloting Career Gail Halvorsen grew up on an small farm in Garland‚ Utah
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“A Night Divided” is a historical nonfiction story. It is set in 1961‚ when East and West Berlin were separated by the Berlin Wall. Because of the Cold War and the East’s poverty‚ everyone was shifting over to West Berlin. East Berlin GDR (German Democratic Republic) didn’t like losing their population‚ so they built a wall to keep people in. Many people tried to escape from the East Side‚ but few made it. This book is the story of a separated family that had the courage‚ and bravery to find each
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Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds among the nations with comity and peace. Freedom is the victor...Mr. Gorbachev‚ come to Berlin...tear down this wall. —President Ronald Reagan Berlin‚ Germany|1987 America has always been a country based on freedom while the soviet union is a communistic country that believed in control over the common people. Taking down the Berlin Wall was very beneficial to European countries in a sense that it allowed states to gain more freedom and independence from superiors
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the Trail of Tears‚ and he closed the National Bank. But‚ who should replace him? One western leader‚ President Ronald Reagan‚ above all others‚ demanded the Soviets to give up the Brezhney Doctrine and abandon the arms race‚ brought down the Berlin Wall‚ and ended the Cold War at the bargaining table and not on battlefield (2013‚ Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism). The Brezhney Doctrine was a Soviet Union foreign policy. In the first inaugural address of Andrew Jackson‚ he said he would
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Khrushchev’s agricultural plans caused millions of Soviet Citizens to die of starvation and cause massive unrest and discontent. The virgin land scheme was a campaign designed to drastically improve the agricultural production of the Soviet Union. Khrushchev’s plan was to convert unused land in Serbia and Kazakhstan into farming land. Yet‚ there were 3 main reasons why this project failed. Khrushchev had discouraged the use of the highly popular and efficient crop cycle and fallow land techniques
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In the immediate aftermath of WWII‚ the world was split into two opposing camps that‚ though they did not fight directly‚ were actively engaged in the Cold War. This war did not end until the USSR broke apart in 1991. The Cold War was both created and prolonged by the interconnected economic and ideological tensions of the East and West Blocs. The ideological systems of the two powers were viewed as being complete opposites in their goals and experienced increasing animosity toward each other. This
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Samuel Skultety Mr. Reyes AP US History 9 January 2015 The Berlin Wall: How it Rose and the Impact of the United States In 1948‚ my grandfather was 14 years old. Although he lived in a somewhat secluded area‚ he was similar to every young boy in Leipzig‚ Germany in the 1940s. He went to school‚ helped around the house‚ and played soccer with his friends. My great-grandmother was a
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