Who is the Mouth of the South and he benefited Atlanta?
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I think you are referring to Ted Turner who is known as the "Mouth from the South". He owned the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks. He founded CNN which is headquarted in Atlanta. TBS which broadcasted from Atlanta. So he's done quite a bit to put Atlanta on the map.
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Lincoln would have forgiven the South and let them back in the Union with enough for sight to heal the wounds of a fractured country. Andrew Johnson wanted the same but not enough of Lincolns power or influence to carry it through. Because Lincoln was assassinated bitterness and unforgiveness prevailed even to this day.
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which civil war?  north or south of what?
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In the South, the economy was based on agriculture, and the chief crop was cotton, which depended heavily on labor to produce it. Slaves were an important source of labor in the farming industries.
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was it states rights...that is one in the books..thats not it i think it had alot to do with a power struggle.The north wanting to keep the south in its proper place. Which wud be wrong...i admit i missed something on the subject,i can find out.The north had a little known desire to not let the south persue an industial base, which was growing a  bit before the war broke out.Cotten was king n they knew it,with a strong industry the south could,and would i belief become dominant in the power sruggle.
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I just visited the battlefield in Vicksburg last month.  The city was important in the Civil War because of the Mississippee River.  The Union needed to control the river so the South could not get supplies.  That's why the Union army attacked Vicksburg.
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James Oglethorpe founded Georgia for debtors and prisoners.\n\nAlso -- its know, not "noe"\n\n:)
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He was a Confederate General.
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At first it was a natural barrier to the West.  In addition, with the Ordinance of 1763 "pioneers" were banned from the Ohio Valley.  Following the American Revolution, westward movement was once again encouraged -- the birth of Manifest Destiny.  When Andrew Jackson won the Battle of New Orleans in 1819, the port was freed from the French and the Mississippi became a major waterway for trade and transportation, thus opening the areas to the west of it for greater settlement.  With that, Manifest Destiny was in full swing.
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My first thought was Nero, good choice. As for not listening to the facts, I'm really not sure what our conservative friends are referring to. People that refer to Abraham Lincoln "starting" the Civil War need to get their facts straight. Lincoln's goal in the Civil War was to keep the Union strong and together. The war was "started" by the Confederacy with the bombing of Fort Sumpter.
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Yes, Georgia was pro-slavery.
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Secretary of State William Seward. He made the Lousiana Purchase AND bought Alaska ... both of which were done without permission, which makes him a hero AND the greatest government thief in all history.
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As has been noted, the South used several strategies to attempt to convince the North that preserving the Union just wasn't worth the cost. The South made invasions attempting to draw the remaining slave-holding 'Border States' (ie-Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, the western territories). Later, after the offensive strategy had failed, the South attempted to use a primarily defensive strategy using interior lines of communication and trying to defend key areas. The Southern armies won many battles, but lost most of the campaigns because while their leaders had tactical brilliance they lacked overall strategic vision.\n\nThe Southern leadership constantly underestimated the Northern will to prosecute the war, and always overestimated their own ability to muddle through without a clear idea of how a nation is run. Yes, the South was starving but that was not because there was no food, it was because their money was no good (when General Sherman entered Georgia and General Sheridan entered the Shenandoah they not only found more food than they could eat, they found more food than they could BURN). They understood that their cotton monopoly was vital to the European economy, but then underestimated the European ability to find substitutes (subsidized cotton in Egypt, etc), while neglecting the overriding feelings against slavery throughout the world, so they allowed the blockade to become effective before they tried to export, and then their diplomacy was completely out of touch with world opinion.\n\nThe South had dashing generals, while the North had plodding but effective bureaucrats. The battle might have been won in the Sunken Road, but it was lost in the halls of power in Richmond.
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Abraham Lincoln. Preserved the union despite the civil war and freed the slaves. He was a great thinker and orator as well.
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I would like to tell Lincoln not to deliberately start the civil war by senting a resupply ship to Ft. Sumter, because he knew this would provoke the South to  fire on Ft. Sumter. this would have saved 600,000 lives, then to use his negotiating skills to work out a solution to the problems of the time.The south would be alot better off today, because if you live in the south, black or white ,you have suffered ever since the civil war, the federal government not sending the funds to the southern schools, for example in 1867, two years after the civil war, the state of georgia reciieved like 13000 in federal funds and the state of michigan recieved like 18 million.What the south has today, is what the South has built itself. the federal government did not help rebuild the south like it did Germany and Japan after world war 2. this is why the southern states are like 30 to 40 years behind the their northern counterparts. the south suffered the most damage from the war (Atlanta burned to the ground,etc.) and recieved nothing to help rebuild it. So Black or White , if you live in the south ,you are still paying for that war that happened over 140 years ago.
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Savannah river.\n\n         I AM
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i am not ashamed of my history though i dont agree with it. there never should have been slaves, but the south contributed to so much during the formation of this country that it also deserves a little respect. people from the south have a different way of life. i drink my tea cold never hot i live on a 10 acre lot and walk barefoot through grass, woods, and gravel. i am polite and say exscue me and thank you. when i see an elderly person i help them and smile. i have morals and ethics sometimes you need a switch cut from the tree in the down in the holer i am proud of not only where i was raised but who it helped me to be