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What does the Mason-Dixon line divide?

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The Mason-Dixon Line (or "Mason and Dixon's Line") was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon to respove a border dispute between British colonies in Colonial America. It forms part of the borders of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia (then part of Virginia). The Mason-Dixon Line has come to symbolize a cultural boundary between the Northern United States and the Southern United States.

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Why was the divide line called the mason-dixon line?
The two people who invented the Mason-Dixon line's last names were Mason and Dixon.
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What did the mason-dixon line seperate?
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Where is Mason-Dixon line in NJ?
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