A divided Germany was not something the Allies wanted after the end of World War II. Why did it happen anyway? What key factors led to the division of Germany for forty years? Why did the Iron Curtain end up including East Germany? What could have happened to change that outcome?

Germany after the WWII

Explanation:

A division of Germany happened after WWI when the USSR launched to increase its hold under the Red army. Germany cut between the Communist and democratic countries; West and East Berlin. Iron Curtain was necessary for the military, political, and ideology formed by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and others from open contact with the noncommunist countries.

the assassination of president lincoln was just one part of a larger plot to decapitate the federal government of the u.s. after the civil war. the first reaction to lincoln’s death was disbelief. then it quickly changed to grief. abraham lincoln’s death created an outpouring of grief from citizens in both the north and the south.

explanation:

lincoln was the first u.s. president to be assassinated. president abraham lincoln, america’s civil war leader, was assassinated just five days after confederate general robert e. lee surrendered his army at appomattox court house, ending the four-year war between the states. on the evening of april 14, 1865, lincoln was attending a performance of our american cousin at ford’s theatre in washington, d.c. john wilkes booth – a 26-year old actor, confederate sympathizer, and white supremacist – slipped into the presidential box and shot lincoln in the head. john wilkes booth and his conspirators had initially planned to kidnap lincoln to save the confederate states. but as the confederacy faltered, booth’s thoughts turned to murder. booth may have decided to act on his hatred after lincoln endorsed giving the right to vote to african-american men who had served in the union army.