How did rule by a few, or a small group, work in the city-states of italy?

a. only monarchies ruled the city-states.
b. republics allowed representatives elected by the population to rule.
c. oligarchies governed through councils and elected officials.
d. within each city-state, all men gathered to form a quorum that created laws and governed.

Which of the following statements about the fugitive slave act of 1850 is not accurate. a. marshals who refused to arrest a suspected fugitive could be fined $1,000. b. slave owners had to present evidence that an african american in the north was a fugitive slave. c. any person who provided food or shelter to a fugitive slave could be find $1000 and placed in jail for six months. d. it required all federal marshals to arrest any african-american suspected of being a runaway slave.