Multiple choice

Question

The Berlin Wall became a symbol of the Cold War because it
Responses

was built by slave labor.
was built by slave labor.

physically divided two parts of a city.
physically divided two parts of a city.

prevented people from traveling freely.
prevented people from traveling freely.

was built essentially overnight.

Answer 1

The Berlin Wall became a symbol of the Cold War because it:

physically divided two parts of a city.

It also represented the broader ideological divide between the Eastern Communist bloc and the Western democratic nations during the Cold War. The other options, while related to the circumstances of the wall, are not the primary reasons it became a symbol of the Cold War.