BY MATT LARSON 3RD HOUR

IT WAS BUILT TO SEPERATE COMMUNIST EAST GERMANY FROM CAPITALIST WEST GERMANY.

Those who tried and were caught got shot by eastern patrol guards.

Armed with guards, dogs, guns and a concrete wall

Some bordering countries declared their independence, and the Germans wanted to

Which lead to the collapse, and when Reagan said "Tear down this wall" to 70k East Germans walking for independence

MILLIONS OF EAST GERMANS TRIED TO ESCAPE TO WEST GERMANY FOR A BETTER LIFE

Germany divided to east and west

THE BERLIN WALL WAS BUILT IN 1961 AND WAS TAKEN DOWN IN 1990

Everyone in Germany, it changed lives and divided the country, including the U.S got involved in tearing it down.

It was a big part of it, it explains about the struggles of communism and the secrecy of the Cold War.