... disunited state. There was a large gap in the north-south equality issue. By 1911 adult illiteracy in the north was 11% compared to 65.3% in the south. This gap had continued to grow prior to 1911. This distance approach enforced by the government had upset many people, particularly revolutionaries, who saw the need for modernisation. People had become used to a backward and corrupt government. Italy had finally been united as one kingdom in 1870, with a constitution based on the model of a parliamentary monarchy. Its parliamentary constitution comprised of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. The Senate, which had its members appointed on a lifetime basis by the King, was usually the less active, if only because of the advanced age of most of its members. The Chamber, elected every five years, was the more powerful of the two houses for, although government ministers were appointed and could ...

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