It means to make changes to it, to try to make it better.
1) In 1835, Jackson managed to reduce the federal debt to only $33,733.05, the lowest it had been since the first year of 1791.
2) He granted voting rights to all white men, excluding women and African Americans.
Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Egypt, as well as the southeastern fringe of Turkey and the western fringes of Iran. I hope this helps! I also hope its correct:)
The construction of the British canal system was key in the industrialization of these territories. However, in comparison to the canals up north of the UK, there were some canals that were not connected to the system in the south. The purpose of them was to serve the local industries in England and Wales. However, these were largely unutilized due to the preference from people towards other methods of transportation.