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Read the passage from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech.

Perhaps this gets to the root of the matter, to the most fundamental distinction of all between East and West. The totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship. The totalitarian world finds even symbols of love and of worship an affront.

Who is Reagan’s intended audience for this part of his speech?

American historians and educators
European trade unionists
democratic Germans
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democratic Germans

Reagan spoke in West Berlin (addressing Germans on both sides of the Wall), contrasting the freedom of the West with the repression of the East and appealing to Germans' commitment to democracy and freedom.