How Far Did The Berlin Wall Affect The Economic Health

Plan of Investigation
The purpose of the investigation is to answer the question: To what extent did the Soviet Construction of the Berlin Wall affect the economic health of East Germany? The main body of the investigation serves to outline Germany’s economic health while the Berlin Wall is in place. Background information will be given to provide the information as to why the Berlin Wall is affecting East Germany. History, a tv channel, or educational website and The Economic History of Germany, by Thayer Watkins, are evaluated in terms of origin, purpose, value, and limitations. Statistics of the employment rates and other economic indicators will be examined.
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B. Summary of Evidence On September 2nd, 1945, World War
History is owned by A&E Networks. The television channel has been showing programs and documentaries since 1995. The History.com staff is made up of historians, doctors, paleontologists, archaeologist, and etcetera. On the website the article, The Berlin Wall, was written in 2009 for the use of knowledge and learning. As a television channel the information is given in both documentaries and articles. The article means to provide information for the people researching or trying to understand historic topics. The article contains the basic information on the separation of Germany and how the wall came to be. The information found on this website was compared to other information found. The value is high based off of the findings that the information is seemingly true. There are minimal hints of bias. The only hints of bias is the fact that everyone’s opinion of what happened is different. There is more knowledge of what happened to the West side of Germany. This causes limitations because the knowledge needed to answer the research question is not as prevalent. Little information was found about East Germany and caused a large limitation of the article’s use. The article could only be used as background information needed for understanding the time period and
The wall did not help with the migration at first, causing the people to migrate faster to West Germany. The wall was upgraded and allowed little to no people through. Although many people migrated to West Germany, there was still too many people for East Germany. People needed homes and jobs, so the government decided to create government housing. This brought the economy down because as an incentive to having children, meaning more population, they would get government housing. At this time people were living off the government and using the government to support the families. The rent increased as people of East Germany’s wages