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The Mason–Dixon line, also called the Mason and Dixon line or Mason's and Dixon's line, is a demarcation line separating four U.S. states, constituting parts of the borders of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia (part of Virginia until 1863).
The term Mason and Dixon Line was first used in congressional debates leading to the Missouri Compromise (1820). Today the Mason-Dixon Line still serves figuratively as the political and social dividing line between the North and the South, although it does not extend west of the Ohio River.
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25 de jan. de 2024 · The Mason-Dixon Line—America’s Great Divide. Acclaimed historian Edward G. Gray, who passed away unexpectedly at the end of 2023, was an award-winning cultural historian and a professor of early American history at Florida State University. The Wall Street Journal called his latest book, Mason-Dixon: Crucible of the Nation, “a ...
A Linha Mason–Dixon é um limite de demarcação entre quatro estados dos Estados Unidos. Faz parte das fronteiras da Pensilvânia, Virgínia Ocidental, Delaware e Maryland. O levantamento da linha de fronteira foi feito quando esses territórios eram ainda colônias inglesas.
30 de set. de 2019 · The Mason-Dixon Line also called the Mason and Dixon Line is a boundary line that makes up the border between Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. Over time, the line was extended to the Ohio River to make up the entire southern border of Pennsylvania.
24 de out. de 2020 · Updated on October 24, 2020. Although the Mason-Dixon line is most commonly associated with the division between the northern and southern (free and pro-slavery, respectively) states during the 1800s and American Civil War-era, the line was delineated in the mid-1700s to settle a property dispute.
A linha Mason-Dixon dividiu o norte e o sul. Embora a linha Mason-Dixon seja mais comumente associada à divisão entre os estados do norte e do sul (livres e pró-escravidão, respectivamente) durante o século XIX e a era da Guerra Civil Americana, a linha foi delineada em meados do século XVIII para estabelecer uma disputa de propriedade.
