The Fall Of The Berlin Wall

Question 1

What was East Germany also to do ?

Answer 1

Embrace Perestroika and Glasnost
They even banned soviet publications of the later 1980’s as they believed it would undermine communism

Question 2

What was the communist government of east Germany unable to do ?

Answer 2

To contain the desire of many East Germans freedom once they had seen other Eastern European states abandoning communism

Question 3

What happens in early 1989 in east Germany ?

Answer 3

Demonstrations occured and there were calls for changes in the system of government

Question 4

What happened in October of 1989?

Answer 4

Gorbachev visited east Germany and informs the political leaders that the Soviet Union would not become involved in its internal affairs

Question 5

When did the largest protest take place ?

Answer 5

4 November 1989
The largest demonstration in East Germany’s history took place with over a million people demanding democracy and freedom in East Germany

Question 6

What happens when democratic elections were announced in Hungary ?

Answer 6

Mass movement of East German citizens through Hungary to West Germany

Question 7

What did the mass movement of people cause ?

Answer 7

East German government forced to announce much greater freedoms of travel for East German citizens

Part of this included the decision on the 9 November to open the border between West and East Germany

Question 8

What happens to the Berlin Wall ?

Answer 8

• 9 November East and West border is opened
• people began to dismantle it and within a few days over a million people per day had seized the opportunity to see relatives and experience a new life in the West

Question 9

When were East and West Germany formerly United ?

Answer 9

3 October 1990

Question 10

What did this all mean ?

Answer 10

Tension decreased by the day as the power of the Soviet Union appeared to be dwindling
New Germany joined NATO
Warsaw pact is dissolved in 1991