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What is the line that divides the north and south in the US Civil War?
The Mason-Dixon Line.
Why was Mason Dixon more than a boundary line?
The Mason-Dixon line divided the North from the South, the free states from the slave states. The south, in memory of this division, is still sometimes referred to as "Dixie".
What separated the North and South during the Civil War?
states rights
What did the mason dixon line have to do with slavery?
Besides becoming the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon's line became what separated the states that allowed slavery (Confederate; south) and the states that didn't (Union; north)
What is the division between north and south called?
Mason-Dixon line, which represents the cultural border between the Southern and Northern United States.
Is New York North or South of the Mason-Dixon Line?
It is North.
Is Tennessee south or north of the Mason Dixon line?
It is south of it. The Mason-Dixon line is basically the long straight border between Maryland and Pennsylvania. Tennessee is well south of it.
Why is mason Dixon line important?
The Mason-Dixon was more important than just a border. Mason and Dixon drew this line to seperate the north from the south. It is a very important border.
Why is the mason dixon line important?
The Mason-Dixon was more important than just a border. Mason and Dixon drew this line to seperate the north from the south. It is a very important border.
What was the name of the boundary between the North and the South?
The Mason - Dixon Line
What was the line called that separated the north and the south?
the mason dixon line
Do most of the people live in the north or south?
More people live north of the Mason Dixon line than south of it
What was the the Mason-Dixsom line commonly seen to separate?
The Mason-Dixon Line was the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania established by royal surveyors in the colonial period. Informally, it is the line between North and South.
Was the confederacy north or the south?
South
What is the line that divides the north and south in the US Civil War?
The Mason-Dixon Line.
Why was Mason Dixon more than a boundary line?
The Mason-Dixon line divided the North from the South, the free states from the slave states. The south, in memory of this division, is still sometimes referred to as "Dixie".
Why was the mason-dixon line meant to separate the north from the south?
It separated Pennsylvania (free soil) from Maryland (slave). Maryland did not join the Confederacy, so it remained a Union state.
