The important natural resource in West Africa that the Songhai Empire controlled was salt.
A.) Salt mines in the sahara desert is the answer.
Henry Ford's car factories brought many jobs to the people of Michigan, it gave the working class a better quality of life and brought wealth to the state.
<span>After the success of the Sputnik launch in 1957, the US feared that the Soviet Union would be able to use space-based weapons against the United States, which is why the US frantically began the "Space Race". </span>
In addition to the potential threat Iraq posed to the U.S., Pres. Bush had to take into consideration the threat against U.S. allies in the region. The 2003 invasion of Iraq resulted in the arrest of Saddam Hussein and the removal of his regime.