17 years in power and died in 1974
The treaty of Versailles forced them to take the blame
The southern states reacted negatively to the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. They were shocked and protested against Abraham Lincoln's election because they were not in favor of his propaganda to free the slave states (which mostly were in the Southern parts).
The Young Turks demanded the right to vote, the emancipation of women, free public education, and equality under the law. secularization of the state