USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As defined by the U.S. federal government, it includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Maryland is a NORTHERN (Mid-Atlantic) state if the choice must be either north or south. Arguments regarding the Mason-Dixon Line are virtually irrelevant. The Mason-Dixon Line was created between 1763 and 1767 to settle land disputes between MD and PA.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the South is composed of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia-and Florida.

Detailed explanation-4: -But, though it may not be considered so in Georgia or Alabama, Maryland is a “southern” state by virtue of being below the Mason-Dixon Line and having a large slave population–87, 189 according to the 1860 census.

Detailed explanation-5: -Maryland (US: /ˈmɛrɪlənd/ ( listen) MERR-il-ənd) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to its east.