Answer:
A. Italian city-states were unified under one central government long before most other European countries, and that allowed the government to sponsor the arts.
C. Italy is in a good, central location for business and commerce so traders maintained contact with people and ideas from other places.
Explanation:
Although a greater example is that there were many rich patrons who were willing to subsidize many art projects and artists.
One of the main ways in which President Wilson earned the respect of the progressives is that he wasn't afraid of going after corruption in big business or government, as well as breaking up "trusts".
He predicted "that the day will come when ... you will have to make a ... an area of the new Czechoslovakia with a significant German-peaking population"
It was during the William Taft's<span> presidency that Congress passed the 16th Amendment to levy an income tax on the American people, and the 17th amendment, which allowed election of United States senators by popular vote.</span>
