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Ronald Reag The Rise And Fall Of The Berlin Wall

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After leaving the White House, Reagan returned to Germany in September 1990,just weeks before the country was officially reunified, and with a hammer, took several symbolic swings at a remaining chunk of the wall. Ronald reagan was the 40th president and made speech of the Berlin Wall. The country, being separated by 4 different nations, led to high tensions as the Cold War began to start. The communists decided building a wall to keep the population from decreasing would work. After Reagan calmed the tensions he made a speech of the horrific history the wall will always have.

Our 40th president helped redefine the purpose of the government and pressured the Soviet Union to end the Cold War. He was known for a U.S Governor, Film Actor, Actor, Television Actor, and a U.S President. He was involved in foreign affairs, much that costed many American lives. But he did it to prove of his worthiness of the important position. Ronald Reagan spoke for the people and was by the people when times were tough and when tensions were high. It states, “Government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem.” This means that our government can't fix the problematic situations that are going on right now, but they just make everything worse by making new problems. …show more content…

It separated the soviet and the democratic side and impacted most of the population who were trying to migrate into the western half. Ronald Reagan made a speech about this wall and later yelled out “tear down this wall”. It was a key impact to the agreement of the walls’ destruction. The Berlin Wall defined a loss of freedom and human rights. The fall of the Berlin Wall symbolized a key turning event in diplomatic and government powers as it showed the supremacy of the capitalist government system and brought about the major downfall of many communist

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