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During the Berlin Conference, who was granted control of the Congo Free State?

Cecil Rhodes

Otto von Bismarck

Leopold II

Muhammad Ahmad

(Meant to be in the History category! (´▽`))

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Answer:

leopold

Step-by-step explanation:

In 1884-85, a conference held in Berlin, Germany, decided the colonial status of central Africa. Suspicious of each other's ambitions in the region, the European powers and the United States agreed to grant Leopold possession of the Congo River basin.

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