Question

What was the Soviet Union’s primary purpose in building the Berlin Wall?

A.to create a symbol of the boundary between Eastern and Western Europe
B.to protect East Germany from US attacks
C.to prevent East Germans from escaping to West Germany
D.to provide construction work to the laborers in East Berlin

Answer 1

Your answer is C, they feared large amounts of people fleeing to West Berlin, and created the wall to control the population better.

Answer 2

The correct answer is C.

The Berlin Wall was built in 1960 and physically divided East Germany, controlled by the URSS, and West Germany controlled by the other WWII victorious allied forces (UK, US and France).

The Soviet Union claimed it was built as a barrier to prevent the entrance of capitalism and Western fascism in the territories. The truth was that many people were had been circumventing soviet border controls and scaping from East Germany until the construction of the wall, so the wall was the instrument to control population and to avoid more escapes.