The Counter-Reformation was a movement within the Roman Catholic Church. Its main reason was to reform and improve it. It started in the 1500s. Its first period is called the Catholic Reformation.
The rail road brought several advantages to the north it helped get supplies to those who needed it it was also a way to transport soldiers
I think it's David G. Farragut, I just researched.
It was the "steel" industry that benefited most from the Bessemer process. Process involved impurities that could be removed from steel more easily.
Totalitarianism is a form of government where the government has complete control over private and political lives of its citizens. Stalin monitored telephone lines, read mail and had spies everywhere. Those that opposed him were killed and his secret police patrolled Russia. All newspapers, magazines, etc had to be approved by the Soviet Union. Propaganda was also in every corner of Russia. By using propaganda, he could instill fear.
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