What did not contribute to the fall of the Mughal Empire?

A. slave Trade

Explanation:

Even though the slave trade continued under the Mughal empire, it was not very widespread and was limited so could not have contributed to the fall of the empire.

The empire however, was known to engage in extravagant spending such as when emperor Shah Jahan built the very expensive and renowned Taj Mahal simply to house his wife's dead body.

To pay for this spending, the empire imposed unpopular taxes that led to widespread discontent and rebellion. Added to this was the occasional forced conversions of people of other religions to Islam which was drew contempt from the population and hastened the decline of the empire.  

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explanation:

abraham lincoln rejected the final compromise effort to stop the secession movement because it disparaged the gains made by the 1860 election.

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