In 1985, reform-minded Mikhail Gorbachev came to power as General Secretary of the Soviet Union. He introduced reforms along liberal lines. The two reforms most commonly associated with him are glasnost and perestroika. Glasnost means 'openness' and refers to government transparency and increased freedom of expression.
Perestroika refers to a series of political and economic reforms meant to kickstart the stagnant 1980s economy of the Soviet Union. Its architect, President Mikhail Gorbachev, would oversee the most fundamental changes to his nation's economic engine and political structure since the Russian Revolution.
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The Ohio River, as the dividing line between<span> slave states, </span>south,<span> and free-soil states, </span>north.
The amount of African Americans holding public office rose.
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The steam engine.
James Watt (1736 – 1819) improved Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine. Wat designed his own steam engine in 1776, with a separate condenser that eluded waste of energy, improving the power and efficiency of steam engines. It became key to the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain and all around of the world.
