Mapping+the+20th+Century

The Berlin Crisis was the last major incident in the Cold War. In the 1950s, thousands of [|East German] emigrated to [|West Germany] through a system that existed between East and West Berlin, where the four occupying World War II powers governed the movement. The emigration resulted in a massive "brain drain" from East Germany to West Germany of younger educated professionals. Nearly 20% of East Germany's population had migrated to West Germany by 1961.That Summer, the [|Soviet Union] issued a new treaty demanding the withdrawal of allied forces from West Germany. In August, East Germany erected a barbed-wire barrier that would eventually be expanded through construction into the Berlin Wall, That separated East and West Berlin World War 1 changed the world with what ended the Austro Hungarian empire (a monarchy), this ended the Ottoman Empire while redrawing the map of the middle east, ended the Monarchy in Germany, was the precipitate cause of the Russian revolution and the rise of communism as a form of government, and also the peace to at the end of the war was the primary cause of World War 2. Many European countries ceased to exist as independent States, as the Soviet Union had conquered them. Germany was split in two (one half Capitalist, the other Communist), and this change became permanent until the late 1980s and early 1990s, when the USSR collapsed.
 * Mapping the 20th Century **

[|20th Century Governments]

** East Germany- **

 * East Germany and West Germany became one country in 1990. The population and average income has decreased steadily since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Eastern Germany has been compared to Southern Italy due to the country's under-development. Today Germany is in control of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic type of system.

**West Germany-**
 * West Germany and East Germany became one country in 1990. The economy of West Germany has thrived even before the Berlin Wall fell, West Germany has always been one of the most productive countries in the world. Even though both sides have been unified for 20 years now they still remain very different economically and physically.

** Soviet Union- **

 * In 1989, the Russian SFSR, was then the largest republic community. Boris Yeltson was elected the chairman of the Congress. On June 12, 1990, the Congress declared Russia's main rules over their territory and proceeded to pass laws. The laws attempted to supersede some of the USSR's laws. There was a period of legal uncertainty. That continued throughout 1991 as community republics that slowly became independent.

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