sentences:  The reality differed somewhat from this ideal, however, during the strong presidencies of Masaryk and his successor, Beneš.The constitution of 1920 provided for the central government to have a high degree of control over local government.From 1928 and 1940, Czechoslovakia was divided into the four "lands" (, ); Bohemia, Moravia-Silesia, Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia.