Fall of the Berlin Wall | Bush Presidency

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George H W Bush President statecraft James A Baker Bush 41 Team Dan Quayle John H. Sununu James Baker John Sununu Brent Scowcroft Robert Gates Dick Cheney Colin Powell Gang of Eight Berlin Wall Cold War NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization Republican Party Foreign Policy Team Condoleezza Rice Malta Summit West Germany East Germany Helmut Kohl German Unification Camp David Warsaw Pact Sinatra Doctrine Helsinki Accords Hungary Iron Curtain diplomacy coalitions Powell Doctrine USSR New World Order NWO foreign policy

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History-Social Science

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Fall of the Berlin Wall | Bush Presidency

Learn more about the Berlin Wall, which the Soviet Union built to separate East and West Berlin after World War II. In November 1989, the wall opened after an East German spokesman wrongly announced that the wall was open between the two Berlins. People celebrated, dancing on the wall and streaming across the border. President George H.W. Bush tried to downplay the event because he knew that it was a hard time for Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. This resource is part of the Statecraft: The Bush 41 Team collection.

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PBS Learning Media