The Berlin Wall

Question 1

How many Germans crossed from east to west everyday in 1961?

Answer 1

2000

Question 2

What happened a few days before the Paris summit in 1960?

Answer 2

The USSR shot down an American U2 spy plane over soviet territory

Question 3

What happened at the Paris summit in 1960?

Answer 3

Eisenhower denied the U2 was a spy plane but the USSR produced the pilot alive and the planes wreckage as evidence. The USA refused to apologise and Khrushchev stormed out the summit.

Question 4

Details of the Vienna summit:

Answer 4

Kennedy replaced Eisenhower
June 1961
Kennedy took a tougher approach towards communism
No resolution was reached

Question 5

When was the Berlin Wall put up? How long was it?

Answer 5

13th August 1961. A 27 mile barrier.

Question 6

Features of the Berlin Wall:

Answer 6

It was fortified with barbed wire and machine gun posts
Was later strengthened and made into a more permanent barrier
Military checkpoints policed any movements into or out of East Berlin

Question 7

Pros of the Berlin Wall

Answer 7

• It stabilised Cold War tension and prevented a potential war/confrontation
• Succeeded in stopping mass immigration from east to west
• It gave west Germany an opportunity to rebuild its economy, and strengthen itself as a communist state