So sorry but I'm not answering your question cause I really didn't come here to help people, you see I'm a chaotic evil, so I'm pretty sure I'll just go around this website doing the same thing to other people that I'm doing to you. While getting answers myself.
It's called a "city-state"
The Louisiana Purchase was a land purchase made by United States president Thomas Jefferson in 1803. ... Thomas Jefferson approved the deal and used his constitutional power to sign treaties to buy the land. Napoleon Bonaparte sold the land because he needed money for the Great French War.
I would say that the correct answers are definitely 1 and 3.
The first option is correct because indeed powerful merchant families ruled these republics - this was the case especially in Venice, for example.
The third option is correct because most of the trade and crafting goods occurred in Italy, during Renaissance.
Two is incorrect because it was just the beginning of Renaissance so of course you cannot expect everything to be orderly then. Four is incorrect because the overall quality of goods was very good.
The period of 1928 - 1936 is the transition period between Hoover's presidency to Roosevelt. During his presidency, Roosevelt impose various economic policies and created Government funding of programs to combat economic problems, that may account for the differences in federal income and spending