The main reason for the development of the cold war in the years 1945 to 1949 was in the berlin blockade How far do you agree with this statement (16 marks + SPaG 4 Marks/p.)

Well after the civil war, the south was almost completely destroyed, the land, but also the government infrastructure. The North was very strict on the souths rebuilding, this was the time of "reconstruction" where northern troops basically told southerners what to do. Obviously this made the Confederates hate the North even more, they felt as if they were not in a "free" country at all.