One of the main reasons Islam became a major religion in Africa was that: a: it offered an alternative to unpopular Christian beliefs
b: it started in Africa instead of on a foreign continent
c: it promised to get rid of all taxes on salt and gold
d: it received support from western African empires

in 1859, brown and 21 of his followers attacked and occupied the federal arsenal in harper's ferry. their goal was to capture supplies and use them to arm a slave rebellion. brown was captured during the raid and later hanged, but not before becoming an anti-slavery icon. abolitionist and insurrectionist

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after the senate and the house passed different bills and deadlock threatened, a compromise bill was worked out with the following provisions: (1) missouri was admitted as a slave state and maine (formerly part of massachusetts).