Question

What was significant about the states shaded with diagonal lines?

Answer 1

When a mirror is placed along the diagonal of a rectangle, the result does not look the same as the original rectangle, so the diagonal is not a line of symmetry. This new shape --- the combination of the triangular half of the original rectangle and its image in the mirror --- is called a kite.

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Answer 2

The significance of the states is They were slaveholding states that remained with the Union.

Why did the states remain with the union

During the American Civil War, certain states allowed slavery but chose to stay in the Union rather than join the Confederacy. Known as "border states," including Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, they had various reasons for this decision.

Their economies, while reliant on agriculture, were not as dependent on slavery as the Deep South. Geographically situated between the North and South, they held strategic importance for transportation and communication.