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Many African Americans were given jobs during the war so when the returning soldiers came home at the end of the war only to find that African Americans had taken over their jobs, it created racial tensions between them.
The parallel 36°30′ then forms the rest of the boundary between Missouri and Arkansas. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 established the latitude 36°30′ as the northern limit for slavery to be legal in the territories of the west.
Answer:
Gibraltar.
Explanation:
Gibraltar was considered as a shield which is present between English colonies and Spanish land because this place is the last territory on which the Britain were occupied. First this area is the part of Spanish land but in 1713 Spain give it to the Britain after the war. This region is present between the boundary line of Spanish land and British colony which act as a shield. Now, it is a free state and have its own parliament.