Why did president reagan call for soviet leader gorbachev to “tear down” the berlin wall?
he believed that germany could remain divided without the wall.
he believed that the wall was a threat to us national security.
he believed that the wall’s removal would signal a new era of freedom.
he believed that the wall’s removal would improve relations with the soviet union.

He believed that the wall’s removal would signal a new era of freedom.

Explanation:

On June 12, 1987, the then president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, made a speech, with his back to the Brandenburg Gate, enclosed by the Berlin Wall, in which he requested his fall and which has become a recurrent argument when the history of the division of Germany is told.

"Mr. Gorbachev, open this door, Mr. Gorbachev, you tear down this wall," Reagan asked the then Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, before about 40,000 people who had met on the street.

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