In Southwest Asia, WWI forced the Ottoman Empire to disperse and lose all of its land but Turkey, who modernized shortly after. Republics were formed and different people took over, mainly men with military positions.
Monarchy, political system based upon the undivided sovereignty or rule of a single person. The term applies to states in which supreme authority is vested in the monarch, an individual ruler who functions as the head of state and who achieves his or her position through heredity.
The 16th amendment in 1913 permits Congress to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the US Census. Ratification was completed on February 3, 1913. Before that customs duties and excise taxes were the primary sources of federal revenue. Answer: The ratification of the 16th amendment.
