What are two outcomes of the construction of the Berlin wall?

Once
the Berlin Wall was built, some Germans were isolated from their families, friends, and jobs on
the other side of the wall.  The Soviets built the Berlin Wall around West Berlin in order to
keep citizens of Soviet East Berlin (and East Germany in general) trapped in the Soviet Union
and kept out of free West Berlin.  Some families were separated until the Berlin Wall fell in
1989.

Another outcome was the polarization of capitalism and communism during
the Cold War.  The US and USSR already did not trust each other, and building the wall around
West Berlin solidified this.  It also made communism seem weak - in order to contain its
citizens, a wall needed to be built.  It strengthened the power of capitalism and western
democracy and made communism seem weaker.