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Why did President Reagan call for Soviet leader Gorbachev to “tear down” the Berlin Wall?
He believed that Germany could remain divided without the wall.
He believed that the wall was a threat to US national security.
He believed that the wall’s removal would signal a new era of freedom.
He believed that the wall’s removal would improve relations with the Soviet Union
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He believed that the wall’s removal would signal a new era of freedom.
Reagan’s 1987 challenge at the Brandenburg Gate was intended as a moral and symbolic appeal: the Wall represented Communist repression and division of people, and tearing it down would mark a move toward freedom and openness (encouraging Gorbachev’s reforms like glasnost and perestroika).
Reagan’s 1987 challenge at the Brandenburg Gate was intended as a moral and symbolic appeal: the Wall represented Communist repression and division of people, and tearing it down would mark a move toward freedom and openness (encouraging Gorbachev’s reforms like glasnost and perestroika).
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