Who participated as a major player in the transatlantic slave trade? a. Arab merchants
b. Italian aristocrats
c. wealthy African elites
d. animist religious leaders

i think it is Arab merchants.

Explanation:

lincoln presided over the union victory in the american civil war, which dominated his presidency. a former whig, lincoln ran on a political platform opposed to the expansion of slavery in the territories. his election served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the american civil war.

(b) britain had a much larger navy than the u.s.

(d) the u.s. had a small army compared to britain.