The Berlin Wall, 1961
•People had been fleeing to the west through Berlin for many years “Brain Drain” (3 mil.)
•Krushchev wants Kennedy to pull out of Berlin and make it a free city
•Kennedy increases US strength
•Krushchev responds by building a wall around West Berlin
Both leaders were accused of being soft in Berlin and fixed this by ordering more tests of nuclear weapons
•Krushchev wants Kennedy to pull out of Berlin and make it a free city
•Kennedy increases US strength
•Krushchev responds by building a wall around West Berlin
Both leaders were accused of being soft in Berlin and fixed this by ordering more tests of nuclear weapons
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Summary: The Berlin Wall was put up to keep people inside the Western Half (communist half). The brain drain was when people fled to the west through Berlin. People were told the divide was to keep enemies out but in reality it was to keep people in. Krushchev at this time wanted JFk to pull out of Berlin so it could be a free city which resulted in the wall being built around West Berlin. The leaders were called soft and because of this, they ordered more tests of nuclear weapons.