Because the state shares a border with Another Country. For example, Minnesota shares a border with Canada and Arizona shares a border with Mexico.
Ther term "border states" also applies to countries of one affiliation that have a border with countries of another affiliation. such as the countries that bordered the former "Warsaw pact" block in eastern Europe.
They were called border states
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were called border states during the Civil War. This is because they were slave states that remained part of the Union.
Border states or Buffer states.
It is called the border. There are border crossing set up on most of them to control who comes in or out of the country.
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pretty much your safest bet would be kansas and nebraska
States in the middle between the North and South were called BORDER states.
States in the middle between the North and South were called BORDER states.
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware.
The border states during the Civil War were Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri. They remained part of the United States but were also slave states.