Question

Read the excerpt from President Reagan’s speech.

Are these the beginnings of profound changes in the Soviet state? . . . We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace.


—Ronald Reagan,

Speech at the Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin, 1987


What "sign" was Reagan referring to in this excerpt?


removal of the Berlin Wall

expansion of Gorbachev’s reforms

peaceful democratic revolutions in Eastern Europe

inspections to enforce conditions of the SALT treaties

Answer 1

A) removal of the Berlin Wall.

Explanation: got it right on edge

Answer 2

The correct answer is A) removal of the Berlin Wall.

The "sign" that Reagan referred to in this excerpt was the removal of the Berlin Wall.

During Ronald Reagan's speech at the Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin, 1987, the President of the United States boldly stated "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down the wall." He referred to tear down the Berlin Wall that had separated East and West Germany since 1961. Reagan said that if the USSR wanted to move to liberty and peace, the Soviet Union needed to open the doors between the two Germanies.