Spain was once the World’s most powerful country. By the 20th century it was a poor and backward country where corruption was rife. It had lost nearly all of its overseas possessions (e.g. Cuba, the Philippines) and great extremes of wealth and poverty caused severe social tensions. Industry was confined mainly to Barcelona and the Basque country. Spaniards were divided on the type of government that they wanted. Monarchists were conservative and Catholics and did not want to reform Spain. Those who wanted a republic were anti-clerical and hoped to reform Spanish society. There were a number of areas where it was felt reform were needed:
Radical Reconstruction<span>. After northern voters rejected Johnson's policies in the congressional elections in late 1866, Republicans in </span>Congress<span> took firm hold of </span>Reconstruction<span> in the </span>South<span>. ... Blacks won election to southern state governments and even to the U.S. </span>Congress during<span> this period.</span>
<span>As opposed to the hierarchical structure of societies in the agricultural and industrial ages, the use of technology has leveled the playing field in the information age, making information, sharing of information, and the access to the resources to sustain it, truly global in its scope. Access to information is no longer in the hands of a few and is not, therefore, being used to subdue to stratify society.</span>
The 25th amendment requires the president to appoint an successor to the vice presidency.
