, meaning “restructuring,” reduced government control and helped the Soviet Union move away from a totalitarian government

The statement is referring to "Perestroika".

Explanation:

"Perestroika" is a term that means "restructuring" in Russian. It was one of the two flagship policies of Mikhail Gorbachev.

The goal of Perestroika was to restructure the lagging Soviet economy, by reducing government control, and adding some market elements to the centralized planned system.

Perestroika, along with Glasnot (which means "transparency"), helped reform the Soviet Union in its las years, and ignited a series of popular movements that began to demand radical change.

In the end, these movements ended up bringing the Soviet Union to its final collapse.

abraham lincoln, according to anyone who was connected with agriculture, represented the worst of northern politicians. shortly after lincoln was elected, south carolina seceded from the union. they along with other southern states, retained their anger. in a way, it was their own fault: the democrats were split in the south. some wanted slavery to be extended in other states that were about to join the union and some didn't want it badly enough. lincoln had a solid backing from his party: the republicans were united in not wanting slavery to be expanded.

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