Why would Atlanta want to be seen as a big-league city? So they could meet with others in a national alliance.
It would bring more jobs and people to Atlanta.
The city had been treated poorly by northern governments.
It would create more television publicity.

It would bring more jobs and people to Atlanta.

Explanation:

The phrase 'Big-League ciity' refers to a city that possess strong teams in important sport leagues (IN USA this would be NBA, NFL, and MBL).

This type of condition usually  make the city become a target destination from tourists from another cities. These tourists will spend money for the businesses in Atlanta during that time (maybe from buying merchandise, eating foods, staying at local hotels, etc)

As a result, many investors will be interested to put a lot of capital in the city and it will bring more jobs to the people of Atlanta.

according to classical republican political theory, which democratic republics would function best?

a.   small republics, with people who had similar interests

b.   large republics, with people who had competing interests

c.   republics made up entirely of landowners

d.   republics made up entirely of servants

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