The Historical Impact of Reagan's Tear Down the Wall Speech

Reagan's words reflected a shift that was underway as Soviet reforms and protests were pressuring the East German government to open barriers to the West. THE ROAD TO THE WALL – RONALD REAGAN AND HIS CALL, 'MR GORBACHEV, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL.' January 11, 2015. Author. Clark S. Judge. A fragment of the Berlin Wall is displayed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. (Ronald Reagan Library). On June 12, 1987, Ronald Reagan addressed a crowd of 20,000 people in West Berlin in the shadow of the Berlin Wall. The words he delivered that afternoon ... On June 12, 1987, in a speech delivered from the Brandenburg Gate in West Germany, President Ronald Reagan makes one of his most famous statements when he ... President Ronald Reagan deliving his famous speech that challenged the Soviet Union to tear down the Berlin Wall, at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, June ... This 1-page handout provides the original American Speech transcript (excerpt) as well as the document image for students to analyze with guiding questions. President Ronald Reagan's 1987 call to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall is considered a defining moment of his presidency. OnThisDay 1987: “Tear down this wall.” US President Ronald Reagan issued a challenge to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Berlin. On June 12, 1987 President Reagan came to the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin to speak to the leaders and citizens of West Germany. His primary goal was to ...