For this question, read the passage and answer the questions in a
paragraph. Please use examples from the excerpt in your answer.
"Behind me stands a wall that encircles the free sectors of this city, part of
a vast system of barriers that divides the entire continent of Europe....
Standing before the Brandenburg Gate, every man is a German, separated
from his fellow men. Every man is a Berliner, forced to look upon a scar....
As long as this gate is closed, as long as this scar of a wall is permitted to
stand, it is not the German question alone that remains open, but the
question of freedom for all mankind....
General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for
the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to
this gate.
Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate!
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
-Ronald Reagan, address at the Brandenburg Gate, June 12, 1987
Please use examples from the excerpt in your answer:
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Using Ronald Reagan's speech at the Brandenburg Gate as a
primary source, analyze the significance of the Berlin Wall in the
context of the Cold War and its implications for global freedom