Introduction Flashcards
1
Q
What did the sealing of the wall mean for the East?
A
It meant the SED finally had control over economic planning and its population
2
Q
What were new punishments put in place?
A
Included work camps and restriction on where people could live
3
Q
What had the GDR reached by the mid-1970s?
A
A period of stability
4
Q
What was there the improvement in production of?
A
Production of consumer goods, scientific and technological industries, and agricultual was far more productive
5
Q
What relationship was benefiting the GDR?
A
Their relationship with the FRG was increasing opportunities for divided families and friends to travel between the two German states
6
Q
What was bad about this closer relationship with the FRG?
A
It meant that the GDR started to rely on them more
