Based on the excerpt, the most accurate conclusion is: the Berlin Wall was built to prevent people from fleeing East Germany. The text clearly states that the wall was constructed to stop the flow of people leaving to the West, indicating its primary purpose was to restrict emigration from East Germany.
Day-to-day life was a struggle. . . . Conditions in East Germany caused 3.5 million people to flee to the West. This was especially true in the East German capital of East Berlin. Communist leaders were angry that so many people were leaving for the West. So in August 1961, the East German and Soviet leaders built a wall to stop people from leaving.
The wall cut the city of Berlin in half. Families and friends were separated. Workers were cut off from their jobs on the other side. The United States didn’t try to stop the wall. Kennedy said privately, "a wall is . . . better than a war."
From Matt Doeden, The Berlin Wall: An Interactive Modern History Adventure. Copyright 2015 by Capstone Press
Based on this excerpt, what can you conclude about the construction of the Berlin Wall?
the Berlin wall was built to prevent people from fleeing east Germany.
the Berlin wall was built to protect citizens in west berlin.
the Berlin wall was built to prevent a war with the united states
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