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irakobra [83]
3 years ago
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What is the significance of the Mason-Dixon line?

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2 answers:
elena-14-01-66 [18.8K]3 years ago
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It is the boundary between the slave states and the free states
adelina 88 [10]3 years ago
7 0
The Mason-Dixon Line<span> is the boundary between the states of </span>Maryland<span> and </span>Pennsylvania, but it came to represent more than that. It <span>designate the boundary between the northern "free" states and the southern "slave" states in </span>Civil War<span> times. </span>Charles Mason<span> and </span>Jeremiah Dixon<span> set out in 1765 to survey the land and settle a dispute </span>about land grants between Pennsylvania's Penn<span> family and Maryland's </span>Baltimores. The term Mason-Dixon Line was first used in congressional debates leading to the 1820 Missouri Compromise, which determined where slavery would be allowed as the United States expanded.<span>

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