Tensions with the Soviet Union

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Tensions with the Soviet Union Questions and Answers

How did the Berlin wall affect East and West Berlin differently?      

What was the Berlin Wall and the Berlin blockade?

How did the construction of the Berlin Wall help to create Cold War tensions?

Why did the Soviet Union order the building of the Berlin Wall?  The Kennedy Years 1961-1963

Explain why Berlin was a Cold War flashpoint in the years 1957 - 63.

What are two outcomes of the construction of the Berlin wall?

How did the fall of the Berlin Wall affect the rest of the world?

To what extent did the construction of the Berlin Wall lower the temperature of East-West rivalries?

What started the Cold War (events that took place between the 1940s and 1950s)?

Discuss if the Berlin Wall a catalyst to the Cold War.