What did the Wall's opening symbolize globally?
End of the Cold War
Beginning of the Internet
Expansion of the European Union
Increase in global trade
Answer
The fall of the Berlin Wall symbolized the conclusion of the Cold War, a decades-long period of political tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. The wall, which divided East and West Berlin, had become an emblem of the ideological divide between communism and capitalism.
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