Mr. Beat tells the story of the Mason–Dixon line.
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Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America by Edwin Danson
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Mason-Dixon: Crucible of the Nation by Edward Gray
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How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein
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Dixon Historical Park.com/trail/us/west-virginia/m-d-marker-trail
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The Mason-Dixon line was originally just the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania. Now, a DISPUTED border between the two now states but former colonies, but more on that in a bit.
This border was so important that it later became known as the boundary between Southern slave states and Northern free states in the decades before the American Civil War.
Heck, even AFTER the American Civil War it was a big deal, and even today this border marks a significant cultural divide in the United States.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:28 The Pennsylvania-Maryland border dispute
2:33 Mason and Dixon to the rescue
8:16 How the Mason-Dixon line became a thing
13:00 The Mason-Dixon line today
What Is The Mason–Dixon Line? For Country: United States. City: Evansville, Jacksonville, Killeen, Orlando, Waco
